A Maryland based company is developing a new type of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) that can also be manned if necessary. The new aircraft also has the ability to operate in groups of up to 12 air vehicles, allowing for ...
Developed by the Austrian company Schiebel the Camcopter S-100 is a robotic helicopter capable of autonomous Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL). The S-100 light and strong carbon-fiber body together with a small but powerful 55HP Diamond engine allows the robotic ...
The U.S. Air Force is about to start using a new type of revolutionary Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS). The system, which underwent extensive testing by the Air Force, proved to be overwhelmingly effective and is now ready for ...
Boeing recently completed a test flight of a new unmanned helicopter currently under development for the U.S. Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Special Operations Command. The new drone will be able to perform long range high ...
The Massachusetts based company Vecna Robotics is developing an ambitious plan to create a humanoid robot capable of extracting wounded soldiers from danger zones such as battlefields, nuclear and chemical contaminated areas and collapsed buildings. If all goes well, the ...
Australia’s Defense Science and Technology Organization (DSTO) recently announced the successful testing of an experimental scramjet based craft which was rocketed to an altitude of 530 km and reached a speed of Mach 10 during re-entry. This test launch is ...
The U.S. Army will soon start to evaluate the second generation Aggressor off-road Alternative Mobility Vehicle. The new version is based around a new diesel-electric hybrid engine with a unique battery-only operation, allowing it to switch into “silent mode” for ...
Technique for reading a computer screen from a distance was recently developed by a German computer scientist working in Cambridge University. The technique allows eavesdropping on flat panels from a distance of dozens of meters away using fairly cheap electronic ...
Boston Dynamics, a U.S. based robotic company, has been developing for the past several years a new four legged robotic mule which could carry equipment and supplies for ground forces moving in rough train. The prototype “BigDog” as it is ...
The American giant Honeywell is developing a new Miniature Air Vehicle (MAV) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The new drone has vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities which allows it to operate virtually anywhere, even in semi ...