Unmanned Systems

Taiwanese firms are eyeing the fast growing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in China and are setting up sales offices in the mainland to pursue...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Cella Energy were awarded industrial research and development funding by Space Florida, the State of Florida’s aerospace and spaceport...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is continuing in developing self-destructive electronics and this time its goal is to make an Unmanned Aerial...

One of the main issues facing drones these days is obstacle avoidance. “Everyone is building drones these days, but nobody knows how to get...

The United States is trying to prosecute a man accused of trying to smuggle parts for military-grade drones to the Pakistani military. Syed Vaqar...

Ever been away from home and just had to check that everything is a-ok back at the fortress? What about that one corner that...

GPS is king, but it can still be unreliable. A busy street surrounded by skyscrapers won’t be getting great signal, nor will the inside...

The navalised variant of the the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (Hokum-B) attack/reconnaissance helicopter - the Ka-52K Katran - will be equipped with a compact active...

The FAA approved sometime during the last couple of days a special exception in the no-fly zone over Disney World in Orlando. In the coming...

Urban canyons limit military communications, mobility, and tactics. These challenges become even more daunting when US forces are in areas they do not control—where...

  A new remotely operated mini tactical unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) is developed by SpetsTechnoExport, Ukraine's state-owned enterprise engaged in armament. The Phantom vehicle is...

There is no doubt - many homeland security missions in the not so far  future will be performed by joint forces of "robots" in...

Seventeen teams have qualified to participate in the DARPA Robotics Challenge trials Dec. 20-21 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. The teams and...

The Pan-Pacific Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Range Complex at the University of Alaska Fairbanks was established last year to help the Federal Aviation Administration...

Loss of telemetry downlink signal was the main cause for the crash of an MQ-1B Predator 7.5 nautical miles north of Holloman Air Force...

A few days prior to his resignation, Defense Secretary Hagel shed some light on the DoD's technological vision for the near and distant future. In...

There is no doubt the world is marching towards a technological advancements unheard of before. With each passing day we hear of more unmanned...

The growing problem of UAVs, drones and quadcopters in the urban aerial traffic calls for monitoring and controlling in order to prevent any future...

EPFL Scientists have developed a new soft robotic gripper -- made out of rubber and stretchable electrodes -- that can bend and pick up...

With the rise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), so rises the risk of mid-air UAV collisions, whether with other unmanned craft, or worse, with...

Earlier this month, China has launched the first-in-the-country emergency rescue team that will use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Beijing Daily reports. Six UAVs are now...

A team of researchers from the Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are developing an insect sized robot that made its first flight last summer. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, RoboBee inspired by the biology of a fly and conceived through manufacturing breakthrough and miniaturization.