On July 7, high-end UAV solutions company Microdrones and multinational conglomerate GE entered into a licensing partnership to provide powerful…
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Aerial and Ground Robots Team Up For Precision Farming
Automated collaborations could boost yields, reduce pesticide use.
Avigation: Federalism in the Age of Complex Operations
Starbucks coffees, groceries and beignets already fly over neighborhoods near you. Next up: Uber-like VTOL taxis to ferry passengers around…
To Swarm, Or Not To Swarm
That is the question—whether ‘tis nobler to let swarms of small, inexpensive drones suffer the slings and arrows of enemy…
Amsterdam’s Canals Float Fleet of Autonomous Boats for Transport, Waste Collection
Roboat is the world’s first major research program on autonomous floating vessels in metropolitan areas. It enables creation of dynamic…
Aerial Refueling: Another Unmanned First
The U.S. Navy and Boeing demonstrated air-to-air refueling using an unmanned aircraft, Boeing’s MQ-25 T1 test asset, to refuel another…
Euro Drone MALE Defense and Security UAV to Start This Year, Take Air in 2029
Germany, Spain, Italy and France are working together on the Euro drone, a medium altitude long endurance (MALE) remotely piloted…
Marines in Training with Dronebuster Counter-UAS Tactical Weapons
U.S. Marine Corps infantrymen have a new type of weapon to defend against enemy unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Drones are…
Autonomous Flying Brain aboard Air Force Drone Fighter Passes Milestone Tests
A 19-foot unmanned U.S. Air Force prototype fighter jet, the Kratos Unmanned Tactical Aerial Platform (UTAP-22) tested the skies over…
Sensors: A Force Multiplier
Evolving ISR sensors feature smaller sizes with increasingly sophisticated capabilities, supporting even more use cases for both civil and military…
Teamed With an Eye in the Sky
Vision-Based Collaborative Navigation for UAV-UGV-Dismounted Units in GPS-Challenged Environments A collaborative navigation scenario between manned and unmanned systems operates in…
Inside Skunk Works® with Lockheed Martin – Advanced Design, Lean Organization
Lockheed Martin’s legendary Skunk Works® was unorthodox from its start. Conceived in 1943, a lean team tasked with completing America’s…
Arctic AUV Listens Its Way Forward with New Navigation Method
As the polar icecap melts, the waters of the Arctic Ocean assume ever-growing strategic and commercial importance. To enable U.S….
One Air Force Drone Launches Another — A Valkyrie First
The US Air Force XQ-58A Valkyrie drone launched another drone in a first for the aircraft, during its sixth flight…
Checking in on UAS Innovation
Lockheed Martin has fully embraced innovation across UAS and manned-unmanned systems and software.
UAS Secure the Mediterranean
Thousands of years ago, intrepid sailors used the day’s leading-edge aids—landmarks and constellations, evolving nautical charts and sounding weights—to address…
FTUAS: Replacing the RQ-7B Shadow
The U.S. Army is testing different systems and recently held a rodeo to demonstrate the capabilities of the four UAS vying for the job.
