The Civilian UAV Market is on the Rise
Venture capitalists like Tim Draper are placing their bets on the commercial applications of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Draper, an early investor in Hotmail,...
New Spy UAV – Too Fast for Radar
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works is proposing a replacement for the SR-71 spy plane The SR-72, is a Mach 6 drone that doesn't need to...
Israel’s Unmanned Systems Event: Final Rehearsal
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The final rehearsal for the unmanned systems event to be held at the Rishon Lezion YES Planet compound, Israel, on November 26,...
Belarus to Build Aerial Drones in Turkmenistan
The former Soviet states of Turkmenistan and Belarus have agreed on a project to jointly build an aerial drone factory in the energy-rich Central...
Norway to Develop Pocket UAV for U.S. Army
U.S. Army researchers are asking a Norwegian company to develop a pocket-sized helicopter drone to provide a personal reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for...
JARUS Publishes Certification Specification for Rotorcraft UAS
JARUS, an international group whose purpose it is, to recommend technical, safety and operational requirements for the certification and safe integration of Remotely Piloted...
DARPA Selects Company to Develop New Navy UAV
DARPA has picked AeroVironment as the prime contractor to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV designed to operate from small ships. The $2.3 million contract...
Israeli Company Designs Special Systems for the UAS Industry
We tend to forget that underneath their sleek hulls, UAVs and other unmanned systems are complex machines which depend on their individual components. The...
The U.S Navy Unmanned Helicopter Makes its First Flight
The MQ-8C Fire Scout — an unmanned helicopter that’s larger and faster than the MQ-8B already in use by the Navy — made its...
Israeli UAV Crashed in Gaza
A malfunction in a Skylark UAV, used by IDF artillery and infantry units, crashed in Gaza.
The Skylark, manufactured by Elbit Systems, weighs about 15...
The Case of the Killer UAS
Killer unmanned air systems (UAS) are accurate most of the time. The Pakistani government said that 3 per cent of the people killed in...
Swedish and Israeli Companies Test New UAV Software
The Swedish software company Imint and the Israeli Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) provider Elbit Systems have field-tested new first response software in live flights...
International Demand for Israeli-Developed UAS
Sky Sapience, an Israeli start-up company specializing in mobile, tethered hovering machines, is on its way to full scale serial production of the HoverMast-100....
CAD: Non-Military Use of Less Expensive UAVs
The trend today, of technology immigration from the military world to the HLS and commercial field, is clear. After the C4I transformation, the current...
Unmanned Systems Displayed in the AUS&R Event
The range of unmanned systems that will be displayed in the upcoming AUS&R event is unprecedented.
Displaying a wide range of systems, from 12 ton...
Ground Sensor System to Link with UAVS
A wireless ground sensor network by Lockheed Martin will soon possess the capability of integration with unmanned aerial vehicles.
According to UPI, the ground sensor...
Europe Endorses UAV Development for Border Surveillance
A security strategy paper by EU Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton says EU countries should use military-grade unmanned air systems (UAS) for border surveillance....
Iran’s New Suicide UAS Held Together with Tape
This is no surprise. Iran keeps "developing" all sorts of "advanced" weapon system that are no more than toys.
Iran TV has recently showed...
Under Development – An Advanced Unmanned Helicopter
Positioning itself for future Army contracts, Sikorsky Aircraft says it is developing an unmanned helicopter sophisticated enough to skim treetops, negotiate emerging obstacles and...
Gray Eagle Completes 20,000 Automated Takeoffs and Landings
General Atomics announced that its Gray Eagle Unmanned Air System (UAS) has reached a record 20,000 successful automatic launch and recoveries with the Automatic...
Lockheed Martin to Continue Supporting U.S. Army’s PTDS System
Lockheed Martin will continue to support a tethered aerostat-based system that provides real-time, around-the-clock reconnaissance and surveillance for warfighters in Afghanistan. The U.S. Army...
Unmanned Aircraft Take First Steps Into Civil Airspace
Slowly but surely, unmanned aircraft systems(UAS) are entering the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). For the first time, aircraft have flown commercially into remote...
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Autonomous Ground Vehicles Are Heading to the Front Lines
Keeping frontline units supplied has always been one of the most dangerous tasks in military operations. Vehicles carrying ammunition, equipment, and spare parts often...
