U.S Navy autonomous aerial refueling tests underway
The Navy continues to demonstrate multiple technologies that promise to significantly increase the endurance and range of carrier-based unmanned aircraft.
As part of the Unmanned...
U.K. Launches UAS Testing Center
A private initiative to supply a test, evaluation, demonstration and experimentation facility for beyond-line-of-sight (BLoS) unmanned air systems (UAS) operations in the U.K. took...
More delays for Turkish UAS
Turkey was a potential customer for advanced Israeli unmanned systems (UAS). But then came the rift in the two countries’ relations. Since then the...
Politics stop Israeli-made UAS from serving European armies
Only political considerations, are preventing Germany and France from buying medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned air systems (UAS) from Israel.
A European source told iHLS that...
Mozambique Considers Domestic Production of UAS
Unmanned aircraft could be assembled in Mozambique, under collaboration between the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Engineering Faculty of the...
New Middle East Contract for Falco
Selex ES has announced that it will supply its Falco UAS to an unnamed country in the Middle East. The €40 million contract also...
Sharp rise in British drone use in Afghanistan
The British military fired nearly seven times as many missiles from unmanned drones in Afghanistan last year as it did five years earlier, according...
UAE Drone Maker Plans to Convert Russian Superlight Choppers into UCAVs
ADCOM, an unmanned systems developer from the UAE is teaming with the Russian helicopter designer Berkut Aero design bureau to turn the Russian designed...
U.S. drones a prime target for Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda has formed teams of engineers to develop ways to defeat U.S. drones, or unmanned air systems (UAS). This according to documents leaked by...
Polish UAS to assist U.K. Royal Navy
PZL-Swidnik and Agusta-Westland have introduced the SW-4 SOLO Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial System (RUAS) based on the PZL’s SW-4 light single engine helicopter. The unmanned...
World’s smallest drone may be a search-and-rescue tool
Researchers have designed, built, and tested the world’s smallest open source autopilot for small unmanned aircraft. A smaller and lighter autopilot — weighing only...
Satellite imagery reveals Iranian UAV base developments
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base on the Iranian island of Qeshm has undergone significant development in recent years, as revealed by DigitalGlobe satellite...
HoverMast to be delivered to IDF
Sky Sapience will mark a significant company milestone on September 2, 2013, when it hands over the newly upgraded Hovermast-100, tethered hovering system for...
Yemen wants killer UAS
Yemen has asked Washington to provide it with armed unmanned air systems (UAS). “I have talked with the US administration about helping us with...
The unmanned cargo helicopter
Unmanned cargo helicopters have proved their worth in Afghanistan, resupplying remote forward bases and taking convoys off dangerous roads. But the U.S. Army wants...
First printed handguns – and now printed UAVs
The 3D printer is now allowing for making UAV's at home. This is another reason why security experts are worried about this spreading technology.
Twin...
Cyber and Unmanned Systems – untapped potential
People love using buzzwords, especially combining popular buzzwords from two different fields and disciplines. The connection of unmanned capabilities and Cyber sounds very sexy,...
Israeli companies to offer sense and avoid systems for UAS
The Navy has halted work on what seemed to have been the Pentagon’s most promising system to help drones sense and avoid other aircraft.
According...
Chinese Unmanned Helicopter lands in Washington DC
The Chinese company Ewatt Technology is introducing its new SVU-200 VTUAV to the AUVSI show in Washington. It is the first time the unmanned...
US Eyes UAVs for Boost-Phase Missile Targeting
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to continue testing the use of Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles for ballistic missile target discrimination in the...
The U.S. DHS evaluates new micro UAVs
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will soon be taking new applications for its unmanned aircraft assessment program — a project that gives potential...
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This Combat Robot Just Fired Anti-Tank Missiles During Live Trials
Integrating heavy weapons onto compact robotic ground vehicles has become a growing focus for modern militaries, but the engineering challenge is significant. Small unmanned...
