Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES)
The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works led team, that includes Piasecki Aircraft, has released a video showing the potential capabilities of …
Unmanned Systems
Airware’s Aerial Ranger: Anti-poaching Efforts Go Unmanned
The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has seen them perform an ever-evolving set of missions. One of those missions, …
AN-2 Unveiled: Swiftships and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Collaboration Bears Fruit
The collaboration between Swiftships Shipbuilders LLC and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to develop an autonomously navigable military boat …
Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
To highlight the recent announcement that the Heron unmanned aerial vehicle’s (UAV’s) presence in Afghanistan will be extended well into …
Invested in Carriers
This seems to be a boom time for carriers. The first Chinese carrier, the Liaoning, is running operational trials and …
DARPA’s ARES Developing Autonomous VTOL Capabilities
No sooner is an autonomous convoy tested than the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) updates its plans to develop …
First Flight of Taranis UCAV
Even though the Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator made its first flight on Aug. 10, 2013, BAE Systems …
IAI Feeds International UAV Demand With Unveiling of Super Heron
Strict limits on the export of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from the United States has given foreign companies an opportunity …
New Collaboration Aims to Create Autonomous Riverine Craft
The continuing rise of unmanned autonomous vehicles has seen a focus on aerial vehicles. That doesn’t mean that there haven’t …
U.S. Army Convoy Goes Autonomous
The very idea of an autonomous vehicle used to seem like something out of a science fiction movie. That idea …