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Elbit Systems Receives Supply Order for Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems

A Latin American Company has placed an order for the Hermes Unmanned Aircraft Systems with Elbit Systems. The unmanned aircraft would work in conjunction with the ground control stations, the DCoMPASS payload systems and radar systems.

8 Jun 2011

UK’s Ministry of Defence Debates on Development of Autonomous Defence Systems

United Kingdom’s armed forces have used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) to perform risky operations like reconnaissance and attack missions, which involves risk to human life.

7 Jun 2011

U.S. Navy Awards 14.1 Million Dollar Order to iRobot

iRobot has received a 14.1 million dollar order from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for the delivery of 86 man transportable robotic system (MTRS).

6 Jun 2011

DARPA Invites Innovative Ideas for Designing Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have an important role to play in modern military operations. The UAVs of the future are expected to have advanced takeoff and landing abilities, should be easily adaptable to mission requirements in various conditions and show improved endurance and need few support equipment.

2 Jun 2011

Researchers Develop Waterproof Tumbling Robot to Deploy Aquatic Sensors

Scientists at University of Minnesota's Center for Distributed Robotics developed the Aquapod to deal with rough terrain and obstacles.

31 May 2011

AeroVironment to Supply Unmanned Aircraft Systems to the US Army

AeroVironment declared that it has signed a fixed-price contract with the U.S. Army to supply the Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) and spares.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 31 May 2011

Singapore Armed Forces Develops Unmanned Ground Vehicles for Military Operations

The Singapore Army has released the Rush Demonstrator UGV, which was designed to conduct combat operations. The Rush delivers a relatively quick ground speed.

26 May 2011

Researchers Develop Robotic Vehicles to Search and Send Floor Map to Humans

A team from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and the University of Pennsylvania has developed a robotic vehicle that performs a range of exploration activities and sends an elaborate floor map to humans.

26 May 2011

Researchers Design a Robot to Perform Search and Rescue Operations

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a robot that can enter and navigate through granular medium.

13 May 2011

Adept MobileRobots Group to Add New Autonomous Underwater and Aerial Robots

Adept Technology declared that it will add new autonomous underwater and aerial robot to its range of land-based wheeled mobile platforms to aid research projects.

12 May 2011