ReDrone
A drone detection and neutralization system that detects, identifies, tracks and neutralizes different types of drones at a designated airspace developed by Elbit Systems
View ArticleDrone Defender
Integrating counter-UAV capability in it’s Very Short Range Air Defense (VSORAD) ‘Red Sky’ system IMI Israel now supports counter-UAV capability as part of the air defense mission. The new system...
View ArticleHacked Drones Become the Ultimate IEDs
As traditional IEDs, the weaponized and suicide drones have a significant propaganda value, exacerbating their lethal effect. Due to their stunning visual products, drone-monitored and drone-carried...
View ArticleU.S. Army to Evaluate Counter-Drone Gun System
Aware of the growing threat of bomb-laden mini drones that recently emerged in Iraq and Syria, the US Army is rushing to field countermeasures and kinetic effects designed specifically to defeat...
View ArticleDARPA’s Selects Two Teams for Air-Launched UAS Development
DARPA has recently moved to phase 2 of the Gremlins program which envisions volleys of low-cost, reusable unmanned aerial systems (UASs) that could be launched and later retrieved in mid-air. DARPA...
View ArticleAutonomous Strike – a New Milestone in Manned-Unmanned Teaming
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and the US Air Force successfully demonstrated the teaming of manned and unmanned aircraft in combat missions as part of the Air Force's "Loyal wingman" concept
View ArticleThe Reaper Kits-up for Operation in Contested Airspace
An MQ-9 'Reaper' Block 5 Unmanned aircraft demonstrated the use of Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), as part of an airborne demonstration of the drone's capability to operate on the edge of 'contested...
View ArticleImplementing Combat Lessons with C-UAV Capabilities
Determined to meet the challenge of hostile Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), the US Army acquired a number of countermeasures able to defeat such threats using electronic warfare.
View ArticleGlobal Hawk to Provide Target Fix, Track & Assessment Using a New Broad Area...
Northrop Grumman and United Technologies Corp. have recently completed the first flight test of the MS-177 long-range, multi-spectral imaging (MSI) sensor on the RQ-4B Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft...
View ArticleMetro Skyways’s Autonomous Flying Car Could Fly in Five Years
Metro Skyways Ltd. (MSL), a subsidiary of Israel’s Urban Aeronautics company is set to embark on a five-year development of the CityHawk – an optionally-autonomous flying car. Urban Aeronautics’ CEO...
View ArticleUVision Extends Loitering Weapon Capability with Hero-400EC
UVision has introduced an extended-range variant to the Hero family of loitering weapons. The Hero-400EC offers extended range and loitering capability, The new Hero-400EC combines some of the features...
View ArticleFury Guided Weapon Completes Developmental Testing
Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems successfully tested the 'Fury' lightweight precision-guided glide munition against moving targets at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. The test marked the...
View ArticleGerman Court Clears Israel’s Drone Sale to the Bundeswehr
A German court dismissed a legal challenge from U.S. weapons maker General Atomics to Germany's plans to lease armed drones from Israel Aerospace Industries, clearing the way for the drone program to...
View ArticleAustralian Forces Select Aerovironment’s Wasp-AE Mini-UAVs
The Australian defense department selected AeroVironment's Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft system for use by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The Australian order will deliver mini-drones within a...
View ArticleIsrael’s All Seeing SkEye – Persistent Surveillance Countering Terror
Elbit Systems unveiled today an advanced capability that has been operational for several years with the military forces of several nations, in homeland security and the war on terror. Using a single...
View ArticleRussian Arms in the War on Terror
At the Army-2017 exhibition near Moscow, the Russian arms industries are promotiong the latest weapons and systems tested in combat in Syria. Unlike similar events in the west, the Russian weapons are...
View ArticleOptimus Drones Set to Safeguard Cities
Airobotics, an Israel based developer of automated industrial drone based systems completed an investment round raising $32.5 million to strengthen its industrial and mining solutions and expand into...
View ArticleIAI Introduces a Loitering Weapon Optimized for Maritime Attack
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a Maritime version of its Harop Loitering Munitions (LM) family. The company is displaying the weapon at the DSEI 2017 defense expo in London this week....
View ArticleWatchkeeper UAVs Grow COMINT Ears
Britain’s electronics expert QinetiQ has developed a variant of its AS3 communications intelligence (COMINT) system designed specifically for unmanned aerial vehicles. Following an integration, with...
View ArticleLockheed Martin UK Developed a Submarine-Launched UAV
OUTRIDER, a miniature, expendable drone launched from submarines while underwater at periscope depth was unveiled today by Lockheed Martin. The drone was developed in the UK and is being evaluated by...
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