Announced at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford in Gloucestershire, the RAF’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) awarded three contracts to develop a technology demonstrator, named Project ‘Mosquito’, to explore the addition of unmanned ‘loyal wingman’ capabilities onto fast jets.
The US Army Futures Command is issuing a solicitation request to industry to collect information on emerging robotics and sensor technologies for small tactical units under the incipient Smart Targeting Environment for Lower Level Assets (STELLA) programme.
The Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (popularly known as the Houthis) unveiled on 7 July weapons that it has been using to attack Saudi Arabia in recent months, including a ground-launched cruise missile that may have been used to attack Abha International Airport on 12 June.
The state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) revealed in a 21 August announcement on its official WeChat social media account that its 716 Research Institute – also known as the Jiangsu Automation Research Institute (JARI) – has launched a new catamaran-hulled multirole unmanned surface vessel (USV).
An Army assessment has narrowed down the number of counter-drone systems that will continue receiving investment from the joint force as the Pentagon looks to reduce redundancy.
The European Commission announced on 19 March how it will spend the remaining balance of EUR525 million (almost USD600 million) from its three-year pilot European Defence Fund (EDF) for co-financing defence capability and research projects with the member states.
The Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (Houthis) released a video on 23 May that seemingly confirmed that it attacked Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) on 26 July 2018 as previously claimed.
ELTA's unmanned autonomous armored vehicles for a multitude of missions – utilizing advanced robotics, autonomous navigation capability, command & control modules, sensors and payload integration to provide the best-in-class tailored solutions for customer needs.
Immer wieder wird behauptet, die EU 28 hätte 17 unterschiedliche Kampfpanzertypen in Dienst, während die USA mit nur einem Typ auskommen. Es ist nur so, die Behauptung ist mehr als fragwürdig.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has integrated and flown the MQ-9 Reaper with the Agile Condor Pod, an on-board artificially intelligent computer that promises to autonomously find, track and propose targets to human commanders.
Das US-Verteidigungsministerium hat den Grundstein für eine unbemannte Weltraumstation gelegt. Zu diesem Zweck wurde die Firma Sierra Nevada Corporation beauftragt, ihre bereits existierende Raumkapsel Shooting Star in ein weltraumgestütztes Labor umzuwandeln. Die fünf Meter lange Raumkapsel wurde ursprünglich als Transportmodul für den NASA-Raumgleiter Dream Chaser entwickelt.
Mit dem Smash X4 hat der israelische Hersteller Smart Shooter jüngst eine neue Version seines Feuerleitvisiers für Handwaffen herausgebracht.Michael Fiedler, Direktor Sales und Marketing Europe beschrieb gegenüber Soldat & Technik: „Das X4 wurde entwickelt, um die Identifizierungsreichweite sowie die Kampfentfernung von Smash signifikant zu erhöhen.