Military, Defense & Security News & Articles

Kongsberg to Provide AUVs & HiPAP Systems for Polish MCM Vessels

Kongsberg Maritime will supply three shipsets of its HUGIN AUV and related HiPAP (High Precision Acoustic Positioning) systems for the Polish Navy’s three new Komoran II class ships

Oct 14, 2022
Global Expansion of ViDAR Maritime Sensors

Sentient Vision Systems report more than 10 separate proof of performance programme and evaluation initiatives currently in place with maritime defense organizations

Oct 13, 2022
US-UK Naval Forces Conduct Unmanned Exercise

The exercise aimed to explore the use of unmanned and artificial intelligence-based systems to enhance the maritime monitoring tasks of crewed ships and operators deployed ashore

Oct 12, 2022
Who to see at AUSA 2022

UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com are excited to be heading to Washington DC next week along with many of our partners for AUSA 2022

Oct 07, 2022
UK RAF Accepts First Protector RPAS

The aircraft was accepted by Air Vice Marshal Simon Ellard, Director Combat Air at Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) following the successful completion of Acceptance Test Procedures

Oct 07, 2022
Team V-BAT Offers Tactical UAS Solution for Royal Canadian Navy ISTAR

Together Voyageur Aviation, Shield.AI and Kongsberg Geospatial (Team V-BAT) will offer the Royal Canadian Navy a high-performing and proven UAS supported by Canadian partners for both domestic and global operations

Oct 05, 2022
Mine Hunting USV Achieves 100% Success Rate in Royal Navy Trials

Elbit Systems UK demonstrated its Seagull USV and its Mine Countermeasure toolbox sub-systems under operational conditions involving key environmental variables such as differing depths, currents and tidal streams

Oct 05, 2022
AI’s Crucial Role Onboard Tactical Drones for Improved ISR Capability

Mark Palmer, CTO of Sentient Vision Systems, makes the case for AI to bring real-time intelligence and operational decisions to military drone missions

Sep 30, 2022
Advanced Aerial Intelligence Technology Demonstrated at NATO Naval Exercise

TEKEVER’s AR5 drone coupled with its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven platform ATLAS provided real-time aerial ISR data to participating navies

Sep 30, 2022
UK Royal Navy Receives New REMUS 100 UUVs from HII

These new systems will bring enhanced endurance and the latest generation of sensors and payloads, allowing for increased data quality and mission efficiency

Sep 27, 2022
US Allied Nations Order Puma 3 AE sUAS

AeroVironment’s portable, rugged Puma 3 All Environment (AE) Unmanned Aerial Systems provide immediate tactical reconnaissance capabilities for land and maritime operations

Sep 27, 2022
Dual Antenna GNSS-Aided INS Selected for In-Flight Drone Retrieval

Efficient and safe in-flight drone retrieval was made possible using Advanced Navigation’s Spatial Dual INS as part of Dynetics’ Gremlins project for DARPA

Sep 23, 2022
New Modular Electric VTOL UAV Released

DeltaQuad has launched the Evo eVTOL UAV, a modular dual payload drone with up to 4.5 hours flight time

Sep 22, 2022
Heavy Fuel Engine to be Tested on Tactical UAV

US defense company AeroVironment Inc. has acquired the latest heavy fuel engine by Orbital UAV for testing on its JUMP® 20 tactical UAV

Sep 20, 2022
US Navy EPF-13 Completes Acceptance & Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials

USNS Apalachicola (EPF-13), constructed by Austal USA, has successfully completed acceptance trials, including the demonstration of technology that will enable unmanned operations and autonomous missions

Sep 14, 2022
Security Today Name Rajant a Winner of 2022 New Product of the Year

The company was awarded best in ‘Intelligent Communications’ for its Peregrine LTE BreadCrumb

Sep 12, 2022
DE&S Tests Ghost V60 Robotic Dogs for British Army Operations

The DE&S Future Capability Group (FCG) has partnered with the British Army to test the capabilities of the Ghost Robotics V60 Quadruped

Sep 12, 2022
Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology USA 2022 Conference Attendees Revealed 

SAE Media Group has announced its attendees for the Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology USA Conference taking place in Arlington, VA, September 28-29, 2022

Sep 09, 2022
IXI EW Awarded an STTR for Stabilized Directional Antennas for Small Platforms

IXI EW is developing automated position-correcting control units to improve the range and adverse weather performance of unmanned vehicle communication systems and enhance anti-jamming capabilities

Sep 08, 2022
Next Generation UAS Platform for US Special Operators

Berry Aviation's design employs advanced technologies that deliver solutions uniquely suited to Special Operations Forces members operating in contested environments

Sep 05, 2022
USAF Eglin EOD Flight Receives New EOD Robot 

The T7 robot, built by L3Harris Technologies, is a designed to replace the 20-year-old F6A Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) system

Aug 31, 2022
Cottonmouth ARV Prototype Completed for USMC

Despite supply chain issues affecting the defense industry, Textron Systems finished the Cottonmouth ARV prototype four months after the Critical Design Review that took place in April 2022

Aug 30, 2022
Autonomous Swarming AI Munitions for USAF

The Web Weasels solution from Liteye Systems and Unmanned Experts will allow commanders to plan, task and manage multiple swarming assets

Aug 30, 2022
DARPA to Build, Test & Demonstrate First NOMARS USV

The agency selected Serco’s Defiant design to move forward into Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program, which seeks to build and demonstrate a new Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV)

Aug 26, 2022
DSI Announces 2nd Annual Military Vehicle Systems Summit

This year’s summit, taking place November 30-December 1, 2022, in National Harbor, MD, will explore current and future efforts that aim to maximize the power, survivability, and lethality of US military vehicles

Aug 24, 2022
Partnership to Build Mine Countermeasures USVs

Bollinger Shipyards has partnered with HII Unmanned Systems and Raytheon Technologies to deliver three Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessels (MCM USV) to the U.S. Navy

Aug 24, 2022
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