China Tests New Remote Weapons Station in Karakoram Plateau
A 'new type' of remote weapons station (RWS) was recently tested by the Chinese PLA's Xinjiang Military Command. The RWS, mounted on an armored vehicles can annihilate light armored force or foot soldiers' force
Mitsubishi Develops Explosion-Proof Robot for Nuclear Plant Inspection
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and ENEOS Corporation have jointly developed a second-generation “EX ROVR,” a plant inspection robot with explosion-proof features, by utilizing remote maintenance technology for nuclear power plants. Realization of a practically viable model has been achieved after successful verification of the robots explosion-proof capability, incorporation of a manipulator,...
Rheinmetall’s Mission Master UGV Fires Thales 70 mm Guided Rockets in Sweden
Rheinmetalls Mission Master SP Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) launched Thales laser-guided FZ275 rockets during a demonstration at the Trängslet base of the Swedish procurement agency Försvarets Materielverk (FMV). Delegations from Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Poland were present
Nexter to Evaluate Italian Army’s Robotic Platforms
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), Milrem (programmes prime contractor) and seven other partners, chose Nexter Robotics to evaluate several ground and airborne robotics platforms for the Italian Army. The decision was taken on 13 January 2022
DARPA to Test Autonomous Vehicles that Drive as Well as Humans
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will soon start testing unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) on par with human-piloted vehicles being built under the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program. The DARPA RACER programs goal is to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that enable unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs)...
Israel to Establish Elbit Systems-Led Consortium to Develop Human-Robot Interaction Technologies
Israel Innovation Authority recently approved the establishment of a new innovation consortium, led by Elbit Systems C4I and Cyber, for Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) technologies research and development. Dr
Indian Army to Hold Unmanned Ground Vehicle Experiment
The Indian Army is holding first-of-its-kind Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) experiment, providing the local industry an opportunity to showcase its capability
DARPA’s OFFSET Project: Autonomous Air, Ground Vehicles in Final Tests
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RBSL-Led Consortium Working on British Army’s Future UGV Study
The consortium led by Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) is exploring new approaches to UGVs as part of its wider Mounted Combat Systems research project. The study was initiated by UK MODs Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) for the British Army
Elbit Systems, Roboteam Unveil New Multi-payload 6X6 Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Elbit Systems and Roboteam together launched ROOK, a multi-payload military 6X6 Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), on Tuesday. The ROOK UGV was developed based on the operational experience accumulated through fielding of the 4×4 PROBOT UGV systems in several countries including the U
Elbit Demos Heterogeneous Swarm Capability for Dutch Robotic Autonomous Systems Project
Elbit Systems has demonstrated its Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS) capabilities for ISR missions utilizing heterogeneous autonomous swarms to the RAS Concept Development & Experimentation Program of the Royal Netherlands Army. Taking place in northern Israel the demonstration deployed swarms comprising of the PROBOT Unmanned Ground Vehicle and two types of Vertical Takeoff and Landing mini Unmanned Aircraft System (VTOL mini-UAS) including the THOR, all powered by the TORCH-X RAS software suite (Command and Control application, Autonomy Kits, Planning tools)
U.A.E. Receives Fourth Saab GlobalEye AEW&C Aircraft
U.S. Approves $700M Arms Sale to Netherlands for Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles...
Poland Cleared to Buy Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles for $1.3B
France's Third Barracuda Submarine Begins Nuclear Reactor Startup
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...