Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Air Vehicles/Systems (UAV/UAS)
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How the Air Force Leverages Simulation to Explore Lethality Before it's Built
Before a new weapon system is ever built, flown or fired, it begins in a simulated environment digitally constructed, dynamically tested and refined in real time....
Articles Imaging
The Evolution of Autonomous Systems in UAV Technology
So, let’s talk about it: What’s happening in 2025? Well, the sky is no longer the limit — it’s just the beginning of a new era in autonomous UAV technology. Read on to learn more.
Articles Software
Reverse Engineering the Security Risks of the AeroScope Drone Detection Module
Da Jiang Innovations' AeroScope drone detection platform has proven to be an effective security tool for military and law enforcement. It identifies and tracks drones in real time, providing AeroScope users with information like flight status, path and pilot location for drones up to 50 kilometers away. Read on to learn more about it.
Articles AR/AI
AI Automates Drone Defense With High Energy Lasers
To counter the rapidly mounting threats posed by the proliferation of inexpensive uncrewed autonomous systems, or drones, Naval Postgraduate School researchers and collaborators are applying AI to automate critical parts of the tracking system used by laser weapon systems. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs Defense
Lasers Destroy Drones as Additive Manufacturing Builds Them
In February, the Joint Interagency Field Experimentation team at the Naval Postgraduate School executed another highly collaborative week of rapid prototyping and defense demonstrations with dozens of emerging technology companies. Read on to learn more about it.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
The Marines New Installation Counter UAS System
The U.S. Marine Corps awarded a 10-year, $642 million program of record to Anduril Industries to develop and sustain their new Installation-Counter small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (I-CsUAS) technology. I-CsUAS is a platform powered by machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to protect Marine Corps installations globally by detecting, identifying, tracking and defeating small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Read on to learn more.
Briefs Manned Systems
Human-Focused Research Aims to Enhance UAS Effectiveness, Readiness
As the capabilities of unmanned aerial systems continue to evolve rapidly in response to the tactical and strategic necessities of the modern battlefield, the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory is exploring a unique approach to improving their operational effectiveness – by focusing on the protection and performance of UAS operators. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Engineers Enable a Drone to Determine Its Position in the Dark and Indoors
MIT researchers have introduced a new approach that enables a drone to self-localize, or determine its position, in indoor, dark, and low-visibility environments. Self-localization is a key step in autonomous navigation. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs Unmanned Systems
Low Cost Air Traffic Control for Drones
Using a network of small, low-cost radars, engineering professor Cammy Peterson and her colleagues have built an air traffic control system for drones that can effectively and accurately track anything in an identified low-altitude airspace. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs Test & Measurement
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Help Responders in Urban Environments
In November 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory teamed up with Mississippi State University’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, and DAGER Technology LLC, to conduct an assessment on selected models of cybersecure “Blue UAS.” The drones are cybersecure and commercially available to assist emergency responders with their public safety operations. Read on to learn more.
INSIDER Power
Two Startups Partner to Expand Hydrogen-Powered Drone Production
Two U.S.-based startups have formed a new partnership that will see the use of a "survivable manufacturing network" to produce hydrogen-powered drones. California-based...
Articles Manned Systems
Design Considerations for Rugged Naval Equipment Enclosures
New, efficient approaches to cabinet and console design, fabrication, integration, and qualification are enabling prime defense contractors to equip the Navy faster with better technology while increasing ROI. Read on to learn more.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Army Researchers Develop Chemical Threat Scanning on the Fly
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center researchers are developing a way to scan for chemical biological agent on surfaces on the fly. It is called Hyperspectral Threat Anomaly Detection, or HyperThreAD for short. Read on to learn more about it.
Articles Defense
The Unusual Machines Approach to Low-Cost Drones and Drone Components
Headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Unusual Machines describes itself as a “classic American technology company born from garage tinkerers and hobbyists, focused on serving the emerging drone industry with unique and innovative products.” Read on to learn more about Unusual Machines' drone dealings.
Articles Electronics & Computers
Fully Rugged Mobile PCs Provide an Edge on the Battlefield and Beyond
DARPA pioneered satellites, the internet, drones, and human-computer interfaces. Now that work is enabling the next round of revolutionary technologies, including AI, edge and cloud computing, and the Internet of Military Things for a wide variety of C4ISR applications. Read on to learn more.
Podcasts Defense
What Changes Are Needed for Counter UAS Regulations in Civilian Airspace?
Lisa Ellman, Executive Director, Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA), is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
New Commercial Drones and Components Added to Blue UAS Framework
After three days of flight demonstrations at the Blue UAS Challenge at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms, Service evaluators selected 23 platforms and 14 unique...
Podcasts Software
How a Cloud-Based Remote ID System Helps Monitor Random Drone Sightings
Taylor Sinatra, Chief Operating Officer of AeroDefense, is the guest on this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast.
Podcasts Electronics & Computers
UxV/35: A New Approach to Lowering the Cost of Designing Drones
On the first episode of Season 7 of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, Dom Koenig, Marketing Manager, Kairos Autonomi, explains how the UxV/35 standard could be used to lower the cost of designing and manufacturing drones in the future.
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Autonomous Undersea Vehicle Completes 100-Hour Demonstration
Anduril Industries is trying to define the next frontier of autonomous maritime operations. Just as the Dive-LD set a new global standard for Large-Diameter Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (LD-AUV), the Dive-XL, Anduril’s commercial Extra-Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (XL-AUV), is setting a new global standard for what is possible for vehicles of this size. Read on to learn more.
Articles Weapons Systems
British Army Completes First Test of Drone Killing Radio Frequency Weapon
British soldiers have successfully trialed for the first time a game-changing weapon that can take down a swarm of drones using radio waves for less than the cost of a pack of mince pies. The Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW) development system can detect, track and engage a range of threats across land, air and sea. Read on to learn more about it.
Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Revolutionizing the Waves: A Breakthrough in Surf Observation Technology for Sailors and Marines
The Office of Naval Research Global TechSolutions program — which sponsors the development of rapid prototype solutions based on direct requests from Sailors and Marines — worked with scientists and engineers from the Naval Research Laboratory and the U.S. Army’s Engineering Research and Development Center to create the latest advancement in surf observation technology. Read on to learn more.
On-Demand Webinars Unmanned Systems
Countering the Evolving Challenge of Integrating UAS Into Civilian Airspace
The Federal Aviation Administration estimates that the combined commercial and recreational unmanned aircraft system (UAS) fleet will surpass the two-million mark in...
INSIDER RF & Microwave Electronics
DoD Signs New Strategy for Countering Unmanned Systems
The Department of Defense announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has signed a new, classified strategy for countering the effects of unmanned systems, also called...
INSIDER Aerospace
New Anduril, Skydio Drones Start Field Testing in Romania
“Combat is moving into a very drone heavy type of warfare,” said Lt. Alexis Gavrillis, a 35A Military Intelligence Officer in 317th Brigade Engineer Battalion (BEB), 3rd Brigade...
Articles Unmanned Systems
DC-DC Converters for High Reliability eVTOL Auxiliary Power Systems
eVTOL power system architectures are not yet well defined, and with the wide variety of possible configurations, from small, unmanned drones through multiseat passenger craft, there may never be one standard. Read on to learn what this means.
Application Briefs Aerospace
MUSHER Demonstrates Manned-Unmanned Aircraft Teaming Applications
Airbus Helicopters and its partners conducted a full scale demonstration of a manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) system developed as part of a project funded by the European Union and code-named “MUSHER.” The demonstration took place in France and Italy from Sept. 30 – Oct. 9, and involved multiple manned helicopters and unmanned systems connected to a single MUM-T network. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs AR/AI
Autonomous Air Defense Production
Anduril Industries has been awarded a $249,978,466 contract to deliver advanced air defense capabilities across services for the Department of Defense (DoD). This contract will deliver more than 500 Roadrunner-Ms and additional Pulsar electronic warfare capabilities, addressing the growing threat of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) attacks against U.S. forces. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Enabling Off-the-Shelf Autonomous Naval Warfare
The Navy is actively exploring emerging technologies that enable uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) to extend the range of its communications and electronic warfare (EW) capabilities. Read on to learn more about it.
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