Unmanned

Unmanned aerial systems, intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance: More and more these assets are powering military operations and informing decision-making.

Edge Group’s CEO talks drone swarms, 3D printing and export plans

Emirati defense conglomerate Edge Group has had the biggest share of announcements at the 2021 Dubai Airshow between systems unveilings, contracts finalizations and the signing of memorandums of understand understanding. But what arguably stands out the most is the number of autonomous systems at the company’s booth, which made up about half of the offerings on display.

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Emirati conglomerate unveils two drones and a weapons system

Emirati conglomerate Edge Group has unveiled a series of vertical-takeoff-and-landing drones as well as a precision-guided munition system.

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Unmanned

DARPA has caught a Gremlin drone in midair. Can it grab four in a half-hour?

The Gremlins program needs to show it can recover four drones back to back to prove it can be operationally relevant.

General Dynamics’ Europe team dips into remote-controlled vehicles, ground robots

General Dynamics European Land Systems has rolled out a remote-driving concept for its vehicle lineup that the company presented on its ASCOD light tank at the FEINDEF defense exhibit.

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Unmanned tech dominates Turkey’s border security summit

More than 100 defense companies from around the world descended on Turkey as the nation eyes modern solutions to enhance its border protection capabilities.

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Italy drops drone program, instead buying Piaggio aircraft

However, a contract is missing — one the government said in 2019 it would award to Piaggio Aerospace.

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Swarm grammar: DARPA to test whether single user can control 200 drones

Contractor Northrop Grumman is wants to transition this DARPA swarming program to the Army.

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In first, Turkmenistan shows off Bayraktar TB2 drone

Turkmenistan unveiled for the first time its Bayraktar TB2 combat drones during a Sept. 27 military parade.

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Morocco and Israel to sign kamikaze drone deal

Israel’s defense minister is expected to visit the African country soon and sign defense cooperation agreements that would launch the drone production, among other efforts.

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Army counter-drone training

US Army trains forces across military on tools to fight drones

War fighters need a suite of options is needed to thwart the growing threat from unmanned systems. “There’s no one silver bullet that is going to address this," a leader says.

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An autonomous robot may have already killed people — here’s how the weapons could be more destabilizing than nukes

Autonomous weapon systems are robots with lethal weapons that can operate independently, selecting and attacking targets without a human weighing in on those decisions.

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Ukraine is set to buy 24 Turkish drones. So why hasn’t Russia pushed back?

Ukraine hopes to quickly turn around a contract to buy 24 drones from Turkey, but the former’s adversary and the latter’s ally could upend the potential sale.

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