Madrid Tests UAS for City Surveillance
Madrid City Hall is testing a UAS with plans to watch the city from the air. The aim is for them to be used...
New U.S. Road Map for Unmanned Vehicles
Strategy and budget realities are two aspects of the U.S. Defense Department’s new Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap, released on Tuesday. The report to Congress...
DARPA is Looking for New UAV Ideas
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts to five defense firms to develop ideas for new unmanned aerial systems that will...
U.S. Navy: UCLASS Will be Bigger, and Stealthy
The U.S Navy’s unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) program has evolved to call for a jet that is much larger and...
NASA’s Global Hawk UAV Flew 21-Hour Mission Over the Arctic
Northrop Grumman Corporation, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and a team of international science organizations successfully flew a Northrop Grumman-produced NASA Global Hawk...
For the First Time in Israel: Civilian UAV Permits
The Israeli Civilian Aviation Authority (RTA) gave aviation permits to two UAV operators. The permits are the first of their kind given in this...
Israel Gave Secret U.S. Tech to China
Secret U.S. missile and electro-optics technology was transferred to China recently by Israel, prompting anger from the U.S. and causing a senior Israeli defense...
EU Encourages Dual-Use Projects
Dual-purpose projects that can serve both defense and security across the EU will be the focus of some agencies from 2014.
The European Commission and...
Russia is Developing a “UAV-Killer” Defense System
Russia is upgrading its short-range Pantsir-S air defense systems with an improved capability to intercept unmanned aerial vehicles, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
“The modernization...
Yemeni Parliament Votes to Ban U.S. Drones
An anti-drone motion was passed by Yemen’s parliament on Sunday, banning drone attacks. The symbolic vote comes amid growing anger against US unmanned aircrafts...
Israeli UAV Achieves Major Development Milestone
The AirMule, an unmanned VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) aircraft developed by Tactical Robotics Ltd., a subsidiary of Urban Aeronautics, Ltd., has successfully completed...
Tijuana, Mexico to Adopt UAVs for Emergency Response
Tijuana believes in unmanned air systems (UAS). The city plans to use UAS to monitor traffic, evaluate accident scenes, detect landslides and control wildfires.
The...
The Israeli HERON UAS to Continue Serving Australia
The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) "Work horse" the Heron unmanned air systems (UAS) will continue to serve the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The...
INSS: The Future of Unmanned Systems
Israeli policy makers may still be unaware of the future strategic potential of the widespread use of unmanned systems. The state may be missing...
France and Britain May Develop Joint Combat UAV
In the meantime, Britain and France are on track to decide next year whether to jointly develop an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) following...
U.S. Company Introduces Improved Navigation Systems for Unmanned Vehicles
The Sparton Corp. Navigation and Exploration segment in De Leon Springs, Fla., is introducing the GEDC-6E improved gyro attitude and heading measurement system and...
Secret U.S. Spy Drone Revealed
Northrop Grumman Corp., one of the U.S. Defense Department’s biggest contractors and the driving force behind the Navy’s experimental X-47B drone, has developed a...
Wind River Supported the Development of a New European UAV
Wind River VxWorks 653 and Wind River Professional Services enable AgustaWestland to design, develop, build and test unmanned rotor craft in record time.
Wind River,...
Fast Draw – The Israeli UAV Wars
The dirty war between the Israeli UAV manufacturers, especially IAI and Elbit Systems, keeps damaging Israel.
The latest incident concerns a Polish Defense Ministry contract...
U.S. Navy Launches UAV from Submarine
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has demonstrated the launch of an all-electric, fuel cell-powered, unmanned aerial system (UAS) from a submerged submarine. The...
Russia to Test UAE-Made Drone Next Year
Russia’s armed forces will conduct test flights of a drone aircraft from the United Arab Emirates early next year, the manufacturer of the drone...
Small UAV to Generate 3D Maps
MetaVR has unveiled an aircraft-mounted system for using geospatial data to generate 3-D terrain maps.
The company describes the system as a “low-cost process for...
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Israeli Startup Raises $25 Million to Develop Underground Warfare Systems
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