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RADA’s Systems to Provide Air Defense with Highly Advanced Aerial Surveillance Capabilities

RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. today announced its selection by an Asian military force of its Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar (MHR) based RPS-42 aerial surveillance radar systems.

24 Aug 2016

CyPhy Works Receives Order for PARC System from U.S. Army

CyPhy Works announced today that it has received an order for its Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) System, from the U.S. Army's Rapid Equipping Force (REF). PARC, a tethered drone, addresses the need for a persistent eye-in-the-sky by flying for days at a time.

19 Jul 2016

Real-Time Wildfire Alerts Could Help Keep Unauthorized Drones from Interfering with Firefighting Operations

DJI, the world's leading maker of unmanned aerial vehicles, and AirMap, the world's leading provider of airspace intelligence and navigation services to unmanned aircraft, added real-time wildfire alerts to their geofencing data Wednesday to help keep unauthorized drones from interfering with firefighting operations.

15 Jul 2016

Persistent Systems, Endeavor Robotics to Integrate MPU5 Radios in Battle-Proven Ground Robots

Endeavor Robotics, the leading U.S.-based ground robotics company focused on the defense, public safety, and industrial markets, and Persistent Systems, LLC, the leader in Mobile Ad hoc Network Technology (MANET) and developers of the Wave Relay® system, today announced an agreement to integrate the MPU5, a robust communication system, into Endeavor Robotics’ family of battle-proven ground robots.

13 Jul 2016

NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance System to be Presented at 2016 NATO Summit

Just four years after signing the contract at the 2012 Chicago NATO Summit, the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system will be presented to heads of state and senior NATO and national officials at the 2016 Warsaw Summit.

11 Jul 2016

“Battlebots” Competition Provides a Platform to Apply and Test Engineering Theories Practically

Some of the robots built by MIT-affiliated teams selected for the competition in the current season of ABC’s “BattleBots” include a robot that can hurl fire and saws into its rivals with a spinning blade; a robot with two sets of arms to grasp and lift other machines; and a 250-pound bot that can harm and toss competitors using a steel drum that is powered by 100-hp motor.

1 Jul 2016