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: Leidos offers Orbiter to Australian Army
Leidos Australia announced on 7 April the UAV platform that it is offering for the Australian Army's Project Land 129 Phase 3 requirement for a new ...
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PREMIUM: CTTSO embraces counter-drone capabilities
Reporting to the US Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC), the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) is tasked with identifying and developing ...
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USMC orders Centaur UGVs from FLIR
FLIR Systems has received an $18.6 million contract for more than 140 Centaur UGVs for the USMC. The order has been secured as part of ...
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UAV Navigation FCS integrated with Sky Power Engines
Spain-based UAV Navigation has teamed up with Germany’s Sky Power to design modernised flight control solutions (FCS). As a result, the FCS used by UAV ...
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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Autonomously-controlled Growlers fly at Patuxent River
5th February 2020
Autonomously-controlled EA-18G Growlers have been flown at Naval Air Station Patuxent River by Boeing and the US Navy. The flights, conducted during the Navy Warfare ...
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Singapore Airshow 2020: ROKAF stands up Global Hawk unit
5th February 2020
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) established a new reconnaissance squadron in late 2019, to coincide with the arrival of the country’s first RQ-4B ...
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Northrop Grumman sonar to be tested on Iver4 UUV
4th February 2020
A Northrop Grumman synthetic aperture sonar is to be integrated onto L3Harris Technologies’ Iver4 Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) for testing, the company announced on 3 ...
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RAN trials USV, AUV capabilities
29th January 2020
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group have carried out a trial of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capabilities at ...
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Upgraded Heron given longer legs
29th January 2020
In an expansion of its unmanned portfolio, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) plans to unveil a new member of the Heron UAV family at the Singapore Airshow ...
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DroneShield progresses on xTechSearch programme
28th January 2020
DroneShield will advance to Phase III of the US Army’s Expeditionary Technology Search (xTechSearch) programme, the company announced on 27 January. The company’s selection follows ...
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MQ-4C Triton arrives in Guam
27th January 2020
The MQ-4C Triton UAS has arrived in Guam for its initial deployment in the US Navy’s Pacific theatre. Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19, the first Triton ...
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Boeing, Tactical Robotics sign agreement
23rd January 2020
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 ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Gray Eagle ER begins new flight demo campaign
22nd January 2020
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 ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Innovative Chinese UAVs appear, including a triple-engine platform
22nd January 2020
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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Dynetics team flies X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle
20th January 2020
Dynetics has successfully flown its X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle for the first time, the company announced on 17 January. Part of the DARPA Gremlins programme, ...
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NATO AGS deliveries marked in ceremony
20th January 2020
Delivery of two RQ-4D UAS for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme has been marked in a ceremony at Sigonella Air Base, Italy, where the ...
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Falco Xplorer UAS takes off
17th January 2020
Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer UAS has undertaken its maiden flight from Trapani Air Force base, the company announced on 17 January. The aircraft flew for around ...
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Unmanned spotlighted as concepts develop for future requirements
16th January 2020
As the incremental adoption of unmanned vessels into the naval sphere continues, the intent from the US government, agencies and industry for such solutions is ...
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Orbital UAV begins shipping second engine type
15th January 2020
Orbital UAV has begun shipping a new engine model to Boeing Insitu under its Long Term Agreement (LTA) with the company. The five-year LTA with ...
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New year’s resolution for CUSV and its Milestone C
15th January 2020
A ‘variety of circumstances’ were factors in Textron Systems’ Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) missing its Milestone C target in 2019, with the system now being ...
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Raytheon working on Competency Aware Machine Learning
14th January 2020
Raytheon has received a $6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to developing machine learning technology, the company announced on 13 ...
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Camcopter S-100 supports emergency response efforts in Malaysia
13th January 2020
Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 was deployed to provide critical situational information during the 2019 Kim Kim river toxic pollution crisis in Malaysia, the company announced on ...
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Hybrid Air Vehicles introduces Airlander 10
13th January 2020
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has developed an updated Airlander 10 aircraft as the version that will go into production for initial customers.The updated aircraft has ...
