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
John Deere and VoloCopter introduce agricultural UAV
8th November 2019
John Deere and Volocopter have introduced a new jointly-developed agricultural unmanned aerial vehicle. The VoloDrone UAV is equipped with a John Deere crop protection sprayer, ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Lockheed and USAF carry out ATHENA C-UAV testing
8th November 2019
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated alongside the US Air Force the ability of its Advanced Test High Energy Asset (ATHENA) laser weapon system to engage and ...
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Rotorhub
Vertical Flight 2019: Danger drones
7th November 2019
Robert Garbett, chief executive for Drone Major, gave an in-depth discussion on the different threat levels that drones now present to aircraft operators and industry ...
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Rotorhub
Vertical Flight 2019: Now for something completely different...
7th November 2019
By far the most unusual exhibit at this year's Vertical Flight Expo & Conference, although only in scale model form, was the Neoptera eOpter, an ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
UK government awards C-UAV technology contracts
7th November 2019
The UK government has awarded £2 million in funding to support 18 projects that will develop new technologies that are able to detect, disrupt and ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
GA-ASI Predator series reaches six million flight hour milestone
6th November 2019
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) announced on 4 November that its Predator-series of UAVs, which includes the Predator, Predator B, Gray Eagle, Avenger and MQ-9B ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
European MALE RPAS builds toward development contract signature
6th November 2019
Industry partners involved in the multinational European MALE RPAS effort are set to be awarded with a first full programme contract in 2020, a development that ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
US Army selects S-MET provided
6th November 2019
The US Army announced at the end of last month that it has selected General Dynamics Land Systems to produce the Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport, ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AOC 2019: Ascent integrates new system onto X-MADIS
6th November 2019
Unmanned technology and engineering company Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has announced that it has integrated the CM262 optic system into its X-MADIS (eXpeditionary Mobile Air ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Airbus reveals classified ‘untrackable’ low observable UAV
5th November 2019
Manufacturer Airbus has shown off a classified Low Observable UAV Testbed (LOUT) for the first time, with a bold claim that the platform’s stealth profile ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AeroVironment announces new Raven order
5th November 2019
AeroVironment has received a contract from an unnamed existing Southeast Asian military customer for additional Raven UAS, the company announced on 4 November. The $6.4 ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
BAE Systems in unmanned tech demo
4th November 2019
BAE Systems has been part of a demonstration for the Australian Army to investigate the potential of integrating autonomous technologies on the future battlefield. Held ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AeroVironment steps up European unmanned chase
4th November 2019
Manufacturer AeroVironment is particularly optimistic about the prospects of future sales of its multipurpose and proven UAS platforms to European countries, including Ukraine – with ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
AVT Australia receives development contract
4th November 2019
AVT Australia has been awarded a $5.2 million Defence Innovation Hub contract by the Australian government to develop a system capable of improving the quality ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Seaglider AUV becomes part of Hydroid
1st November 2019
Kongsberg’s Seaglider AUV has been transferred to Hydroid, Hydroid announced on 1 November.Hydroid will integrate Seaglider into its portfolio of AUV products, which includes the ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Airbus invests in battery tech firm
1st November 2019
Airbus Defence and Space has invested in Amprius Inc to further boost the development of new generation batteries based on Silicon Nanowire Anode technology. The ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
FireFly causes infantryman’s capabilities to glow
31st October 2019
Rafael has successfully sold the Spike NLOS missile (used from a ground-launched platform) to South Korea, and at Seoul ADEX 2019 the Israeli company was ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
UAVOS develops new VTOL UAS for LiDAR applications
30th October 2019
UAVOS has developed a new VTOL UAS, the UVH-25EL, designed for data capturing applications using Light Distance and Ranging (LiDAR). The fully automatic, compact and ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
GE Aviation, Hybrid Project team up for VTOL UAS
29th October 2019
GE Aviation has teamed with Hybrid Project to provide a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAV capability for high endurance commercial applications. The teaming arrangement ...
