UAS are ideal platforms for EW systems
Israeli companies are manufacturing EW systems fitted to be carried by unmanned air systems (UAS). These create great interest but their export is limited.
The...
New small UAVs offer autonomy and high endurance
Last year the French company Lehmann Aviation launched the LA100, a small and fully autonomous UAS designed to capture aerial images with a user-supplied...
UAV agricultural spinoffs
Advanced Defense Technologies announced that marketing plans are in progress to utilize drone and UAV technology for precision agriculture applications.
According to Market Wired...
US Navy Turns to UAS for Help with Radar and Communications
Scientists recently launched unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a research vessel in an experiment that could help boost the U.S Navy’s radar and communications...
The UAS market is getting crowded
The Israeli UAS industry is facing fast growing competition.
A new unmanned air systems (UAS) developer and integrator is making its U.S. debut at the...
New Flying-Walking Robot Struts Its Stuff
The Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland has developed the DALER, short for Deployable Air Land Exploration...
Special Report: Solar Powered UAV To Soar for 14 Hours
Bye Aerospace Inc., a pioneer of solar-powered long endurance unmanned aerial systems introduced their first hybrid-UAV called 'Silent Sentinel' in 2009. To integrate the solar...
Special Report: Solar HALE Drones Turn into Atmospheric Satellites
Mega-size solar power drones are taking shape at several manufacturers across the USA, where 'atmospheric satellites' are being developed, designed to take small payloads...
A few thoughts on the Israeli situation
By Arie Egozi
Israelis are not protected in case of emergencies. There has been lot of talk, but no real change. The reports by the...
UAVs in the U.S. coast guard
This spring with the aid of a small, unmanned drone more than half a ton of cocaine was confiscated — signaling the first time...
The Responder UAV to be used in East Africa
ING Robotic Aviation has sold two complete Responder vertical take off and landing (VTOL) robotic aircraft with cameras, as well as a Ground Control...
U.S Unmanned technology shoots ahead
In the hotbed for future fuel-efficient transport an unmanned aircraft with slender, flexible wings has made its first flight at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research...
UAVs to fly for months using miniature nuclear reactors
By Ami Dor on
UAVs will soon be able to remain in flight for months, instead of days, using miniature nuclear reactors; this according to advanced...
Japan to buy Israeli made unmanned air systems?
A few days ago, Japanese newspapers revealed that the government should acquire amphibious units like the ones used by the US Marines, as well...
Arab media- Israeli UAS killed terrorists in Egypt
An Israeli Air Force armed unmanned air system (UAS) reportedly struck an Islamic Jihad rocket launching squad in the Sinai Peninsula near the Israeli-Egyptian...
Israeli companies offer solutions for protecting natural resources at sea
The protection of natural resources is a global need, yet the world market for it is growing slowly because of dwindling budgets and disagreements...
China Targets American and Israeli UAVs
Despite all the publicity that American UAVs receive, the major exporter of UAVs has been Israel. Between 2002 and 2012, Israel exported $4.7 billion...
Helping The U.S. Navy Launch a New Era In Unmanned Aviation
On July 10th, as part of its Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) program, the U.S. Navy completed the first landing of an unmanned...
“Suicide” drones for the US Army
Are tube-fired “suicide” drones the new pocket artillery that will give dismounted troops a smaller footprint and a longer reach? Developers of lethal miniature...
Improving the Army’s Gray Eagle (MQ-1C)
An enhanced version of the MQ-1C version of General Atomics' Predator Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) took to the air July 26, 2013 at the company’s...
Solar powered UAS
During a keynote at the small unmanned systems business expo in San Francisco, CA., Alta Devices’ CEO, Christopher Norris, explained that small unmanned air systems...
UAS AeroVironment’s Puma AE Certified for Commercial Operations in the Arctic
This 'Restricted category' certification marks the first time the FAA has approved a hand-launched unmanned aircraft system for commercial missions.
The U.S. federal Aviation Authority...
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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...
