Unmanned Vehicles
New Chinese armed robot handles gunfire (video)
A private company called Shenyang Donglang Technology Dev (SDT) has created a UGV named Realblow, a device designed to act as an armed assailant for ...
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PREMIUM: Australian Army invests in UGVs with new contracts
Australia has announced significant investment of A$12.2 million ($8.7 million) in industry contracts for autonomous vehicles and emerging technologies. The money will go on experimentation, ...
Unmanned Vehicles
AeroVironment enhances Puma range
The Puma UAS product line from AeroVironment is being enhanced with a new smart battery and bungee launch system (BLS), the US company announced on ...
Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Airbus delays UK Zephyr HAPS flight tests
COVID-19 restrictions have forced Airbus Defence and Space to postpone Zephyr High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) Operational Concept Demonstrator (OCD) flight trials, which were originally scheduled for summer ...
Air Warfare
Air Warfare magazine: EO/IR payloads, loitering munitions and more
Read the latest edition of Air Warfare for free in our app or on your desktop. What's inside this edition: Comment Jakarta’s procurement plans have ...
Featured videos
Unmanned Vehicles
Gaming-style solutions for downing drones (Studio)
This video is brought to you in partnership with Raytheon. Beth Maundrill, Deputy Editor, Shephard Media, speaks to Evan Hunt, business development director for high energy lasers ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
SpearUAV introduces the Ninox family
6th August 2020
SpearUAV has launched the Ninox family of encapsulated drones that can be launched manually or from a grenade launcher by individual soldiers, as well as ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Camcopter zooms in on Australia, as Sea 129 tender process begins
6th August 2020
Schiebel Pacific announced on 27 July that it had teamed up with Raytheon Australia for the Australian Army’s Project Land 129 Phase 3 requirement for a new ...
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Land Warfare
PREMIUM: US Army creates software suite to train robots in underground environments
5th August 2020
In order to improve the situational awareness in underground missions, the US Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) has released a ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: Allies remonstrated with US on new UAV export policy
31st July 2020
A decision by the US government to use national discretion to reinterpret the multinational Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) agreement went against explicit requests from ...
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Digital Battlespace
Radar and autonomy suite tested in recent USN unmanned trials
30th July 2020
A joint US-UK collaboration on marine autonomy and radar integration for the USN’s Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) trials has aided the latest series of technological ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Airbus VSR700 prototype completes first autonomous free flight
28th July 2020
The prototype of the VSR700 UAS has carried out its first free flight, manufacturer Airbus Helicopters announced on 28 July. The geofenced VSR700 performed a ten-minute ...
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Digital Battlespace
Logos to develop Cardcounter sensor for Blackjack
28th July 2020
Logos Technologies announced on 28 July that it has received an initial $6.7 million contract from US Naval Air Systems Command to develop a new wide-area IR sensor ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Four down, one to go for NATO AGS Force
27th July 2020
The fourth and penultimate RQ-4D UAV in the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Force arrived at Sigonella Air Base in Italy on 26 July after a ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Curtiss-Wright to support Triton
27th July 2020
Curtiss-Wright Defense Systems has been awarded a $7.53 million sole-source contract from the US Defense Logistics Agency, to support the MQ4-C Triton maritime UAS programme for ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Heron TP for Germany takes to the skies
27th July 2020
The Israeli MoD on 26 July claimed a ‘significant milestone’ in the German programme to lease and operate the Heron TP UAS, when the first ...
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Air Warfare
USAF sets sights on Skyborg prototype by 2026
24th July 2020
Four companies have been selected to design a new autonomous UAV prototype called Skyborg for the USAF by July 2026. Boeing, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
UK holds landmark MUM-T flight
21st July 2020
QinetiQ has completed the UK’s first manned/unmanned aircraft team (MUM-T) demonstration, featuring a manned H125 helicopter and semi-autonomous UAV. The event took place on 19 ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM: Ukraine aims Javelin and Bayraktar at Donbass rebels
20th July 2020
Units of the Ukrainian armed forces located along the border with the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics will be strengthened by modern US-made FGM-148 ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
South Korean firms partner on UAV motors
20th July 2020
LG Electronics announced on 20 July that it will apply its experience in producing motors for domestic appliances to co-develop military UAV motors with fellow ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: China accelerates maritime UAS development
17th July 2020
A Chinese emphasis on UAVs for maritime and shipborne use is evident, with a new full-scale rotorcraft mock-up appearing on the navy’s first Type 075 ...
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Land Warfare
US Army awards General Dynamics Land Systems S-MET development contract
16th July 2020
The US Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $249 million contract on 15 July for the development of the Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-MET), ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: UK points to 'swarming drone' trials on aircraft carriers
15th July 2020
The RAF is known to be interested in exploring remote carrier solutions for its next-generation Tempest programme, and now it intends to test 'swarming drone' ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
L3 Harris to build protoype medium USV
14th July 2020
L3Harris Technologies is to design and build a prototype medium USV (MUSV) for the USN under a $35 million contract, the DoD announced on 13 ...
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Air Warfare
Hero-30 enters service in Israel
14th July 2020
UVision announced on 13 July that its Hero-30 portable loitering munition system has been procured by the Israeli MoD and has ‘already been successfully used in ...
