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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Singapore Airshow 2020: RSAF confirms RBS 70 NG buy
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has procured the Saab RBS 70 NG MANPADS as part of its air defence renewal efforts. The announcement ...
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Singapore Airshow 2020: AVT raises its sights over water
AVT Australia, the Asia-Pacific division of Ascent Vision Technologies, used Singapore Airshow 2020 to present its CM262M maritime gyrostabilised multi-sensor imaging system for the first ...
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Three into one: IDF fuses air, land and naval capabilities into multidimensional unit
A few weeks after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the establishment of a new multidimensional unit, systems and technology are being matched with operational ...
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RAN to roll out unmanned MCM capability
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is introducing deployable mine counter-measures (MCM) capabilities under Project Sea 1778. Under Project 1778 Phase 1, Australian Mine Warfare Team ...
Unmanned Vehicles
Rafael’s Drone Dome intercepts targets with new laser technology
Rafael has completed a demonstration of its Drone Dome C-UAS in which it intercepted several manoeuvring UAVs using its hard-kill laser beam director. The C-UAS ...
Unmanned Vehicles
PHASA-35 flies in Australia
The solar-electric Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35) has completed its first flight, BAE Systems announced on 17 February. Designed to operate unmanned in the ...
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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
SAR 2011: SARbot keeping rescue teams out of harm's way
14th April 2011
A tiny, remotely piloted submarine could provide the emergency services with the all-seeing eye they need to find and save people underwater. Somerset, UK-based Liquavision, working ...
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Digital Battlespace
Raytheon's JLENS successfully tracks test targets
14th April 2011
Raytheon Company's JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System) has successfully demonstrated tracking targets of opportunity in the Salt Lake City ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Insitu Pacific, iRobot to provide UGVs to Australia
14th April 2011
Insitu Pacific announced today that the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) manufacturer and service provider will be the new Australian distributor of iRobot Corporation's line of ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
LAAD 2011: Embraer and AEL enter into joint venture
13th April 2011
Embraer Defense and Security and Elbit subsidiary AEL Sistemas have agreed to launch a joint venture to exploit the emerging UAS requirements of the Brazilian ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AeroVironment receives $14.8m digital Raven retrofit kit order
13th April 2011
AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it received a firm-fixed-price contract order valued at $14,773,816 under an existing contract with the US Army. The order comprises digital ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Northrop Grumman Fire Scout hits new flight record
13th April 2011
The Northrop Grumman Corporation-built MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle marked a new single-day flight record of 18 hours. US ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
LAAD 2011: Brazilian companies vie for local UAV market
12th April 2011
Several Brazilian companies used the LAAD defence exhibition in Rio de Janeiro this week to pitch indigenous UAV designs for various government requirements. Among the ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Sea Air Space 2011: Zyvex unveils lightweight USV option
12th April 2011
Zyvex Technologies has revealed a lightweight patrol vessel technology demonstrator (TD), which it plans to roll-out in a remotely piloted variant for unmanned operations. On ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Sea Air Space 2011: USN spells out future for Airborne Electronic Attack
12th April 2011
The US Navy (USN) will continue to look at integrating its Next-Generation Jammer (NGJ) onto UAVs as it looks to provide an airborne electronic attack ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Sea Air Space 2011: USN extends Fire Scout ops
12th April 2011
The US Navy (USN) has revealed plans to deploy Northrop Grumman's Fire Scout MQ-8B with the US Army in northern Afghanistan as well as moves ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Boeing awarded US DoD contract
12th April 2011
Boeing was awarded on April 8 a $12,355,455 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-08-C-0050) for additional Mid-Wave Infrared Unmanned Aerial Systems, intelligence reconnaissance ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Additional orders for DRAC air vehicles for French Army
11th April 2011
Cassidian has been notified by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) of the confirmation of additional orders for DRAC air vehicles and systems for the ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
RAF Reapers hit 20,000 hours over Afghanistan
8th April 2011
Reaper, the RAF’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft has reached a landmark 20,000 operational flying hours over Afghanistan, the MOD has announced. The 39 Squadron aircraft have ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
New iRobot UGV revealed
7th April 2011
iRobot has unveiled pre-production prototypes of its 110 FirstLook small, light and throwable unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). Providing ‘hasty situational awareness’, the system is designed ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
IMC and Innocon join forces on UAV system
7th April 2011
The Israeli communications company IMC (IMC Microwave Industries Ltd.) has joined forces with the UAV company, Innocon. Together the companies will offer a complete UAV ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
H Scientific, ST Electronics carry out collision avoidance sea trials
7th April 2011
H Scientific Ltd, UK, and Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics), Singapore, have jointly developed a new Collision Avoidance system designed for USVs. The initial ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
KinetX extends its reach to UAV systems
6th April 2011
KinetX, Inc., a small aerospace technologies company based in Tempe, AZ, has expanded its offerings with subsystems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs. Currently working ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
L-3 Link Simulation & Training, University of North Dakota sign UAS agreements
5th April 2011
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced today that it has signed agreements with the University of North Dakota to jointly establish an unmanned ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk continues to shine
4th April 2011
Ten years ago this month, Northrop Grumman Corporation's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) entered the Guinness Book of Records for the longest nonstop unmanned ...
