UAV

UAV

new uas

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...
drones

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

A new technology aims at reducing global air freight costs at about half the price of piloted aircraft, and delivering freight faster than ships...
infrastructure inspection

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

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,...
tunnel-warfare

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,...
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

India has been planning to expand its UAV fleet. The Indian army is interested in purchasing advanced UAVs to strengthen its intelligence, surveillance and...
maritime

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...
manned aircraft

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations are projected to increase sharply in civil airspace in the coming decade, but many problems remain unsolved regarding their...
intelligence

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...
3d printing

The US Armed Forces have been using 3D printing technologies more and more often. They have been manufacturing 3D printed grenade launchers called RAMBO,...
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...
airbus helicopters

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...
trained dog

A new combination of a drone, thermal camera and a trained dog could serve as an efficient weapon against terrorist threats. The Israel Dog...
unmanned aerial vehicles

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...

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...
forward spotter

An unmanned aerial vehicle will serve as a forward spotter for the US Navy. The MQ-8C Fire Scout UAV will receive a new radar...
mapping UAS

Unmanned aerial systems operate more and more mapping missions, and the technology in this field has been advancing rapidly. A new UAS will be...
Mine-Disarming

New drones were demonstrated by Russia’s International Anti-Mining Center's sapper units for mine-disarming. Dmitry Klochko, director of LocMas who told mil.today: "To neutralize mines, we...
Revolutions in IDF Ground Arm

The technological and organizational revolutions in IDF Ground Arm has been gaining momentum. The multiple changes include a response to the offensive, border-crossing tunnels...
stealth capabilities

A small UAV with stealth capabilities is under development. The first phase of flight trials with MAGMA, a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which...