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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Podcast: Revolutions in Vertical Flight Episode 1 - The Birth of VTOL
Welcome to Shephard Studio’s podcast series on Revolutions in Vertical Flight, sponsored by our partner Bell. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. The Revolutions in Vertical ...
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Podcast: Revolutions in Vertical Flight Episode 2: The Dawn of the Helicopter
Welcome to Shephard Studio’s podcast series on Revolutions in Vertical Flight, sponsored by our partner Bell. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. The Revolutions in Vertical Flight ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Boeing, Tactical Robotics sign agreement
Boeing and Tactical Robotics have signed an agreement to explore the development of ducted fan propulsion technology for piloted and autonomous light aircraft applications. Under ...
Unmanned Vehicles
Gray Eagle ER begins new flight demo campaign
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has begun a series of internally-funded multi-domain operations (MDO) demonstrations of the Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) UAS. The flight ...
Unmanned Vehicles
Innovative Chinese UAVs appear, including a triple-engine platform
A large UAV from the Tengden Technology Company in China performed its maiden flight on 16 January, the platform being notable for the three turbocharged ...
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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
FLIR introduces new UAS payload family
21st November 2019
FLIR Systems has developed a new family of payloads for the SkyRanger R70 and R80D SkyRaider UAS, the company announced on 19 November. Called the ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Expanding the envelope – Global Hawk set for capabilities enhancements (Studio)
21st November 2019
Northrop Grumman is looking to the future of the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS), with technological upgrades, new customers and an expanding mission ...
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Digital Battlespace
D&S 2019: Netline is jamming with heads of state
21st November 2019
Netline Communications Technologies, an Israeli company, headlined its presence at Defense & Security 2019 in Bangkok with an announcement that it had won a contract ...
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Defence Notes
D&S 2019: DTI shows cornucopia of R&D projects for Thai military
20th November 2019
The Defence Technology Institute (DTI), a Thai MoD agency, displayed a number of different projects it is currently engaged in at Defense & Security 2019 ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Camcopter integrated with French Navy vessel
20th November 2019
Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 has been fully integrated with French Navy Mistral class amphibious helicopter carrier, Dixmude, the company announced on 20 November. Naval Group carried ...
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Naval Warfare
OCEAN2020 demonstration kicks off
20th November 2019
The first OCEAN2020 demonstration is set to commence today, 20 November, in the Gulf of Taranto. OCEAN2020 is a European Defence Fund pan-European military research ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
DroneShield announces new order
20th November 2019
DroneShield has been contracted to provide counter-UAS (C-UAS) protection for the 30th Southerneast Asian Games in the Philippines, the company announced on 18 November.The company ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Endeavor Robotics awarded US Army CRS-H contract
20th November 2019
The US Department of Defense has announced that FLIR's Endeavor Robotics has been awarded the US Army’s Common Robotic System-Heavy (CRS-H) contract. The five-year production ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Dubai Airshow 2019: UMS Skeldar moves focus to V-200
19th November 2019
UMS Skeldar is reassessing the R-350 rotary-wing VTOL programme as part of wider plans to concentrate on larger customer demand for its V-200 sister platform. During ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Thales introduces EagleSHIELD solution
19th November 2019
Thales has introduced a new counter-UAS solution designed to detect, identify, track and neutralise drones flying in civil airspace, called EagleSHIELD. The system can be ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Dubai Airshow 2019: Intra imposes with oversized Karayel UCAV
18th November 2019
Riyadh-based Intra Defense Technologies is showcasing the fixed-wing Karayel UCAV at the Dubai Airshow in an effort to further promote the solution to the Middle ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Dubai Airshow 2019: GA-ASI confident of clinching Middle East sales
18th November 2019
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is in discussions with a number of customers from the Middle East about the possibility of deals for a variety of ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
D&S 2019: Thai military charts course towards armed UAVs
18th November 2019
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) does not currently operate any armed UAVs, but it has already taken steps to develop and introduce a future ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
DroneNet system gets enhanced capabilities
14th November 2019
Netline Communications Technologies has developed a new direction-finding (DF) component for its DroneNet system, the company announced on 14 November.DroneNet is designed to detect, identify, ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Vehicle-mounted DroneSentry-X released
14th November 2019
DroneShield has released a vehicle-mounted version of its drone detection and defeat solution called DroneSentry-X.The compact, 10kg system can be mounted on most vehicles for ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
D&S 2019: Royal Thai Navy selects Camcopter S-100 UAS
13th November 2019
Schiebel has been awarded a contract by the Royal Thai Navy for the Camcopter S-100 UAS, the company announced on 4 November. The contract was ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
VSR700 prototype flies in France
13th November 2019
Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 UAS prototype has flown for the first time at a test centre near Aix-en-Provence in France, the company announced on 12 November.The ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Leonardo invests in Skydweller Aero
12th November 2019
Leonardo has announced its investment in Skydweller Aero, a US/Spanish company specialising in large-scale solar-powered UAS. The initiative will result in the development and deployment ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Schiebel's EMSA contract extended
11th November 2019
Schiebel’s contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has been extended to the end of 2019, the company announced on 11 November.Under the EMSA ...
