Increasing Demand for Light Communication Equipment
The global rugged equipment market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.38% during the period 2017-2021, according to a forecast by analysts...
Cooperation Accelerates Local Defense Industries
The Israeli defense industries have been actively participating in the Make in India initiative launched in 2014 and in other initiatives many years before....
Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Can “Skip” Through Atmosphere at Speed
China's new HGV, hypersonic glide vehicle, named DF-17, in the form of ballistic missiles will not only challenge the defenses of the US but...
Israel Establishes National Task Force for Drone Security Regulation
The growing use of cheap and accessible commercial drones and the involvement of terrorist and criminal actors have been increasing the threat to security...
Robot-Human Teaming Program is Gaining Momentum
DARPA has been accelerating its efforts to develop tactics for deploying swarms of unmanned aircraft and ground vehicles to help U.S. soldiers in urban...
New UAS Gets Record Score of Five Hits in Succession
China's newly-developed Wing Loong II UAS, a high-end reconnaissance-strike unmanned aerial system (UAS), which can fire munitions ranging from 50 kg bombs to precision-guided...
One More Step Toward Drones Autonomy
In order for quadrotor drones to work together in swarms, most drones rely on technology such as GPS or an external motion-capture system to...
New Drone Technology to Disrupt Freight Market
A new technology aims at reducing global air freight costs at about half the price of piloted aircraft, and delivering freight faster than ships...
New Competitor in Infrastructure Inspection Vertical
New autonomous solar-powered blimps will be used to collect long-distance aerial data. Mothership Aeronautics will build and deploy its new TerraSoar Aerial Intelligence Airship. TerraSoar’s...
Heavy Turbojet UAV Will Be Able to Fly at 950 KMH...
A heavy turbojet UAV is under development by Russian designers will be able to fly at least twice as fast as its propeller-driven analogues,...
DARPA is Interested in Tunnel-Warfare Tech
Many U.S adversaries have one thing in common: the need to counter the U.S. military’s monitor-and-strike capabilities by building vast subterranean tunnel complexes. Now,...
Mimicking Falcons in Next Generation Drone Defense
Next-generation drones, built to track and hunt other drones, might be designed using hunting principles used by one of nature's most capable predators. Researchers...
High-Altitude UAVs to Enhance ISR Capabilities
India has been planning to expand its UAV fleet. The Indian army is interested in purchasing advanced UAVs to strengthen its intelligence, surveillance and...
Drone Tech May Fulfill New Maritime Role
During tug operations for vessels maneuvering, as during entrance to a port, the tugboat and the crew conventionally position themselves in front of and close...
How Was UAS Incorporation with Manned Aircraft Made Possible?
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations are projected to increase sharply in civil airspace in the coming decade, but many problems remain unsolved regarding their...
Algorithms to Save Intelligence Analysts’ Time
Innovative development in the human-machine teaming would enhance the abilities of the US Armed Forces. Project Maven focuses on helping U.S. Special Operations Command...
Custom-Made Drones Within 24 Hours
The US Armed Forces have been using 3D printing technologies more and more often. They have been manufacturing 3D printed grenade launchers called RAMBO,...
Close Race for Next Tanker Drone
Boeing unveiled its entrant for US Navy's MQ-25 tanker drone program, also known as the Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS), designed to provide...
Towards Full Helicopter Automatization
Airbus Helicopters has gone a step further in the experimentation of its Project EAGLE (Autonomous Guidance and Landing Extension), with the in-flight validation of...
Drone, Camera and Trained Dog to Win Fight Against Terrorists
A new combination of a drone, thermal camera and a trained dog could serve as an efficient weapon against terrorist threats. The Israel Dog...
How Was UAV Battery Problem Solved?
Battery weight has been one of the critical problems in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles, especially for long endurance flights.
Within the framework of...
Autonomous Helicopter Demonstrated Re-Supply Capabilities
An autonomous helicopter system successfully demonstrated its re-supply capabilities. The UH-1H (AEH-1) helicopter was developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and the US Office of...
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