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Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2007
Courtney E. Howard
QinetiQ to Play Strategic Role in United Kingdom Taranis UAV Technology Demonstrator Program Computer experts at QinetiQ in Farnborough, England, will provide flight-critical software for the United Kingdom initiative to develop a world-class unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology demonstrator called Taranis. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2009
John Keller
Unmanned Vehicles Leave Boot Camp to Join the Regular Forces Unmanned vehicles are becoming plentiful on-and over-the modern battlefield, yet these automated systems until recently have been seen largely as military curiosities, not standard equipment. That's all about to change. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2012
Eric Beidel
Search Continues For Driverless Convoy Vehicles The Pentagon has hit some stumbling blocks in its efforts to develop unmanned vehicles, but officials still have hopes of deploying a range of systems that can trick enemy fighters and keep troops safe from improvised explosive devices. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
August 2008
Erik Sofge
New Military Robots to Face Off in Two Summer Contests Singapore and the United Kingdom are staging robotics competitions this August to develop their own autonomous war machines. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2009
John Keller
The time has come for military ground robots Military robots for ground applications are coming into their own as U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) leaders are increasing their reliance on unmanned ground vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2011
Grace V. Jean
New Robots Planned for Bomb Disposal Teams Explosive ordnance disposal teams in the next few years will acquire a new family of specially developed robots to fight IEDs, or improvised explosive devices. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2004
John Keller
Vetronics of the Future Combat System The electronic and optoelectronic technologies of the future battlefield will help provide unprecedented situational awareness and maneuver capability to U.S. and allied ground troops. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2012
Stew Magnuson
Robot-Makers Ponder Next Moves as Wars Wind Down The end of the nearly nine-year war closed one chapter for a technology that came into its own during the conflict. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2006
John McHale
Robots Are Fearless The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems program will integrate unmanned ground vehicles into a future force. Autonomous ground vehicles promise to be a major paradigm shift in ground warfare. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2013
Valerie Insinna
Companies Vie for Chance to Update Bomb Disposal Robots With a chance to build the Navy's next bomb-disposal robots at their fingertips, unmanned systems manufacturers have an opportunity to tap into one of the only fully funded programs in the autonomous vehicle pipeline. Eager industry officials believe a contract award is imminent. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008
Australian army chooses Elbit to supply soldier-launchable surveillance UAVs Officers in the Australian army sought an unmanned aerial system small enough to fit in soldiers' backpacks. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
August 2011
Lora G. Weiss
Autonomous Robots in the Fog of War Networks of autonomous robots will someday transform warfare, but significant hurdles remain. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2007
European Briefs Israeli land robot can roll sensors, sniffers, and even a mini machine gun into combat... Enea acquires QiValue to increase offerings in embedded Linux software... Joint training boosts European military training and simulation applications... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2009
Grace V. Jean
Coming Soon: Cockpits in Combat Trucks Cockpit-like technology could turn plain humvees into multimedia hubs. It also would allow soldiers to control sensors and weapons from the safety of their armored cabs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2015
Valerie Insinna
Amphibious Combat Vehicle Competition to Heat Up In its efforts to replace the 30-year-old amphibious assault vehicle, the Marine Corps has traversed a long and bumpy road. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2004
Unmanned vehicles: one of the hottest technologies going Unmanned air, ground, and underwater vehicles are finding important new niches in military and aerospace applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2007
Breanne Wagner
Navigation System Advances Army's Pursuit of Unmanned Vehicles The Army will begin a series of tests in October that could demonstrate whether ground combat robots can find their way autonomously in the battlefield. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2009
John Keller
FCS: Too Big to Fail, or Too Juicy a Target to Succeed? The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program appears to be finished -- at least as originally conceived mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2007
Courtney E. Howard
Army Officials cut FCS Program from 18 Systems to 14 U.S. Army officials have restructured the Future Combat Systems program to modernize the current force, while also providing the future force with advanced technology. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008
John McHale
Unmanned Systems Impact Battlefield and the Market Despite a lowing economy, the market for unmanned systems is expect grow significantly over the next five years with various market studies seeing a double-digit billion dollar market. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2009
John Keller
A Detailed Look at the Pentagon's $5.4 Billion Plan in 2010 to Develop and Deploy U.S. military forces plan to spend nearly $5.4 billion next year on unmanned vehicle (UV) technology for air, ground, and maritime applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2015
Yasmin Tadjdeh
Polaris Vehicles Adopt Driverless Technology More companies are modifying Polaris' off-the-shelf vehicles and turning them into driverless cars, said a company executive. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005
Ben Ames
Smaller Sensors Make Unmanned Vehicles Smarter Army researchers are now developing another part of FCS-an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) that uses autonomous sensors and weapons to minimize soldiers' battlefield exposure. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2006
Armored Bus Ready for Market The vehicle is impervious to 7.62 mm armor piercing bullets, grenades and most improvised explosive devices, say officials. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
December 17, 2008
Andrew Moseman
The Navy's Fighter-Plane-Size UAV, the X-47B, Is Unveiled in California Yesterday, Northrop Grumman unveiled its first completed X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System. This giant UAV could soon be one of the most lethal unmanned aircraft in the U.S. military. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005
Roger Joel
Unmanned Vehicles: Autonomous and on-Target Perhaps the single biggest challenge-both to truly autonomous unmanned vehicle designers and to the widespread military deployment of unmanned vehicles-is obstacle recognition and avoidance. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Pentagon Publishes New Safety Guidelines For Unmanned Vehicles These comprehensive safety guidelines cover the design and operation of joint-service unmanned vehicles -- including unmanned aircraft and ground- and sea-based vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2004
Roxana Tiron
Singapore Company Toys With Concepts of the Future While the U.S. Army is pegging its future on the ambitious future combat systems--a family of manned and unmanned vehicles and aircraft--a partly government-owned Singaporean company also is looking at a series of concepts to deploy faster and lighter forces. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005
John McHale
Unmanned Vehicles: A Tactical Advantage and a Rich Market The obvious advantage on the battlefield translates into greater demand for all types of unmanned vehicles creating an industry that some estimate will have a value of about $22 billion worldwide in 10 years-and that is just for UAVs, the most mature unmanned platform. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
John Keller
Vetronics and Vehicle Power Upgrades to be Part of Major Redesign of Stryker Armored Vehicle Armored vehicle designers at General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) are designing next-generation digital vetronics and vehicle power systems for the next-generation Stryker combat vehicle. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2013
Yasmin Tadjdeh
Army Seeks Robots That Are Interoperable With Allies From disarming improvised explosive devices to scoping out buildings before troops arrive, unmanned ground vehicles have played an integral role in warfare over the last decade. U.S. forces and NATO allies are now seeking to collaboratively develop UGVs. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2015
Allyson Versprille
Army Still Determining Best Use for Driverless Vehicles The Army's effort to introduce unmanned vehicles into its inventory has slowed as the service's budget tightens and questions remain on how the technology will be used. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2012
Dan Parsons
Vehicles Strut Their Stuff in Desert Trials The evaluation of non-developmental vehicles is part of a larger analysis of alternatives mandated by the Defense Department to ferret out available commercial technologies that might fit the bill for variants of the Ground Combat Vehicle. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2011
Grace V. Jean
Ground Robots Coming of Age With Expanding Missions It's an exciting time for ground robots as they get more integrated into operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2010
Military robots to be delivered to U.S. Army by iRobot in $35.3 million contract U.S. Army leaders needed military robots for unmanned ground vehicle applications. They found their solution from iRobot in Bedford, Mass. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2006
Grace Jean
Combat Vehicle Designs Seek Increased Utility in Multiple Roles The prevalence of such vehicles at one of the largest ground warfare expositions reveals a trend in how armies are choosing to insert their troops into hot spots. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2007
Grace Jean
Are Autonomous Naval Vessels the Next Big Wave? Just as drones have proliferated in the skies, Navy and industry officials say unmanned systems also will take to the world's waterways in greater numbers. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2015
Jon Harper
Market for Ground Robots Poised for a Turnaround The market for ground robots is set to expand as technology advancements give the machines greater utility on the battlefield and elsewhere, according to defense officials and industry experts. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2004
Makers of ground robots ask for better sensors and communication links Troops in Iraq are in desperate need of unmanned ground systems (UGSs) to dispose of land mines and booby traps. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2005
Robert H. Williams
Drone Developed for Small Infantry Units A vertical launch unmanned aerial vehicle that is designed to support infantry platoon and company operations recently twice negotiated a course of 10 waypoints in southern California. The ducted fan aircraft is being developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2010
Grace V. Jean
Army, Marine Corps In Pursuit of Robotic Convoy Systems As part of its modernization plan, the Army is funding several ground robotics programs ranging from small, remotely controlled explosive ordnance disposal units to large autonomous tactical wheeled vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
October 2008
Remote-Control Missiles in a Box & More Could Quiet Iraq Critics Army foot soldiers in remote areas often rely on aircraft to deliver precision strikes to support their operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2004
Robot Guard Patrols With an Attitude The Guardium perimeter security system, featuring an autonomous unmanned ground security vehicle called M-Guard, provides perimeter security for government and military facilities, as well as transportation and industrial hubs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2008
Salvador Imaging to Develop Color Night-Vision Camera for Army Future Combat System Salvador Imaging will develop a night-vision camera capable of providing color, night-vision imagery for FCS unmanned ground vehicle systems, under contract terms with Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2005
Ben Ames
Vetronics for the Future Combat System The next-generation vetronics systems will be a single web that can share data among themselves, with neighboring vehicles, and even with nearby soldiers and distant commanders. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2011
John Edwards
Remote Controllers -- Unmanned Vehicle Operators Require Diversity of Skills In today's era of tighter budgets and ever more sophisticated flight control technologies, the military is increasingly relying on remotely piloted, unmanned vehicle systems for a wide range of tasks, including intelligence gathering, remote surveillance and target applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2008
Breanne Wagner
Navy Slows Pursuit of Autonomous Vessels for Coastal Surveillance The Navy has expressed interest in acquiring unmanned vessels that would patrol coastal areas, but budgetary and technological issues are slowing down the development and procurement of these vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2005
Robert H. Williams
Concept Vehicle Points Way for the Military A possible replacement for the military's venerable Humvee may spring from a concept vehicle called the ultra armored patrol vehicle. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2009
Stew Magnuson
Wildland Firefighters Add Robotic Systems to Their Wish List Firefighters throughout the United States revealed that their number one need was a vehicle that could autonomously haul heavy equipment up and down mountains. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2007
Grace Jean
Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Drones Within Reach One of the newest systems in development can fly at 55,000 to 65,000 feet for as long as a week and provide 2,500-mile radius coverage. mark for My Articles similar articles