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 ...
Impact of COVID-19 Special Report Hide
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Crew of USS Kidd returns after COVID-19 outbreak
The caretaker crew aboard the guided-missile Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Kidd have been relieved from the vessel after 90 sailors from its permanent crew were ...
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COVID fails to dent CAE finances
Canada-based CAE posted full-year revenues of C$3.6 billion ($2.57 billion) for its FY2020, marking a 10% year-on-year increase despite what President and CEO Marc Parent ...
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UAVOS and KACST to develop Saker 1C UAV
UAVOS and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) announced on 25 May that they are seeking to expand the Saker family of ...
Land Warfare
PREMIUM: Finland sets sights on VTOL UAS procurement
Finland is exploring options to procure a new UAS platform, as it attempts to improve the situational awareness of its ground troops. Col Rainer Peltoniemi, ...
Air Warfare
PREMIUM: Taiwan sets sights on four Reapers
The Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) in Taiwan is going to order four US-made MQ-9 Reapers in FY2021, a purchase that will cost about ...
Air Warfare
Frontline requirements spur demand for Switchblade
AeroVironment reported on 15 May that it has been awarded a new Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) contract from the US Army, with deliveries ...
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
Lockheed Martin tactical reconnaissance radar begins test flights aboard Predator B 'MQ-9' UAS
28th October 2010
A milestone has been achieved, the first flight of Lockheed Martin's Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment-Enabled Radar (TRACER) aboard an MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial System. The milestone ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUSA 10: Shadow damage tolerance trials
27th October 2010
In cooperation with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency [DARPA], the US Army has begun looking at ways to reduce UAS fleet attrition through the ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Euronaval 2010: Specialised UAV ships becoming the rage?
27th October 2010
Shipbuilders are looking to the future producing designs that cater for the launch of UAVs. While helicopter landing spots are now a regular feature, even ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
BAE Systems-Northrop Grumman add iRobot to Ground Combat Vehicle team
27th October 2010
BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman today announced they have added iRobot Corp. to their Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) team in their bid for the US ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUSA 10: CC goes through design revolution
26th October 2010
The new look unmanned systems Common Controller (CC), which is part of the US Army’s Brigade Combat Team Modernization programme, is being exhibited at this ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUSA 10: Second Gray Eagle QRC operational
26th October 2010
Speaking at the AUSA Annual Meeting Col Greg Gonzalez, Program Manager UAS for the US Army, confirmed that a second Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) based ...
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Defence Helicopter
Euronaval 10: French Navy rough sea VTOL UAV landing tests to begin next year
26th October 2010
The landing system which allows the British Army's Watchkeeper UAV to make a safe touch down is being adapted to allow VTOL landings on warships ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
SIS wins DARPA contract for autonomous anti-submarine tracking
26th October 2010
Spatial Integrated Systems, Inc. (SIS) announced that it has won a major proof-of-concept contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in response to ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Augusta Systems awarded Navy contract to converge data from UVs, sensors
26th October 2010
Augusta Systems, Inc., a provider of technologies that power the intelligent convergence of devices, systems and networks, has been awarded a $1.4 million contract from ...
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Defence Helicopter
Elbit Systems to supply laser systems to Israeli and North American customers
26th October 2010
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded various contracts to supply a number of types of laser systems to Israeli and North American ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUSA 10: CaMEL packs a punch
25th October 2010
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems is displaying an armed version of its Carry-all Mechanized Equipment Landrover (CaMEL) at the AUSA Annual Meeting in Washington, ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Boeing paints 1st production A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft
25th October 2010
Boeing recently returned the first production A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft, A020, to the assembly line after applying the aircraft's final, light-gray coat of paint. Last ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
U-TacS awarded $70m follow-on order to provide ISTAR capability for UK armed forces
25th October 2010
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its UK company with Thales UK - UAS Tactical Systems Ltd. (U-TacS) has been awarded by Thales UK a follow-on ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Crossbow Technology, Inc. announces GNAV540 system for military ground vehicles
25th October 2010
Crossbow Technology Inc., a leading supplier of advanced sensor systems for the military, announced availability of the next-generation GNAV540, a low-cost and ruggedized system providing ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Raytheon tests new weapon designed for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
22nd October 2010
Raytheon Company successfully flight tested Small Tactical Munition, a new weapon specifically designed to be employed from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). STM is a 13-pound ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Lockheed Martin submits proposal for Cargo UAS services request
22nd October 2010
Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation have formally offered the K-MAX unmanned helicopter in response to a US Naval Air ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
NAVAIR Cargo UAS participants confirmed
21st October 2010
Bids have been received by the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for its Cargo Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Services programme. As expected, Boeing and ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Northrop Grumman Remotec awarded Air Force contract for HD-1 fleet counter-IED upgrades
21st October 2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation subsidiary Remotec Inc. will upgrade the US Air Force fleet of Andros HD-1 unmanned ground vehicles to help counter evolving threats from ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
TeleCommunication Systems receives $9.6m equipment order from US Army for UAS Project Office and SUAV Product Office
20th October 2010
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), a world leader in high availability and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that it has been awarded a new order ...
