Australia is seeking to build “a new autonomous robotic undersea warfare capability,” Minister for Defence Peter Dutton said on Thursday, announcing a new program to develop underwater drones for the navy. The same day, Dutton warned that Australia must “prepare for war.” The project will be co-funded by the Defence …
Read More »Iran begins air drills, featuring both manned and unmanned aircraft, as it complains about ‘Zionist presence’ on borders
Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi, the commander of Iran’s Army Air Force, was present on Thursday for the operational phase of the 10th Fadaeian-e Harim-e Velayat (Defenders of Velayat Sanctuary) air drills. According to Iranian media, the drill was carried out for the first time in a decentralized manner, with units …
Read More »Russia developing exoskeletons, wearable robotics & unmanned aerial vehicles as part of Armed Forces ‘future soldier’ program
Speaking to the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper, General Oleg Salyukov revealed that the program, known as Ratnik, also includes mini and micro UAVs. Salyukov is the current head of the Russian Ground Forces. “The process of upgrading the Ratnik combat outfit has not stopped for a minute,” he explained. “In regards …
Read More »New approach to combat at sea: Russia eyes unleashing swarm of unmanned marine vehicles
In terms of future warfare, the displacement of such unmanned vessels (both surface and underwater) is unlikely to exceed 500-1,000 tons. Their tactical function would be to approach a target unnoticed and eliminate it. Thanks to its relatively low price, a marine drone being lost in combat will not have …
Read More »The su-57 was tested in an unmanned mode
While in the States happen of the crash of fighter planes, Russia is beginning to use technology unmanned fighter sixth generation of the fifth generation fighter, including the su-57. Through this approach, the fighter was the first fighting vehicle of the fifth generation with the sixth generation opportunities. Note that …
Read More »Began flying unmanned su-57
Recently began test flights of the fighter jet unmanned. Flight testing of unmanned flying takes place on the basis of the laboratory T-50 in the check mode of the equipment. Pilot is in the cockpit, but during the flight it is assigned only for work of automation. Initially it …
Read More »Ukraine planning to produce unmanned aerial taxi
Antonov company will create an air taxi service.Antonov company and the Swiss company AIR-ION Technologies SA signed a Memorandum on partnership in the development, testing, certification and production of hybrid and electric unmanned aerial vehicles. As reports a press-service of Antonov company, previously planned to produce four types of unmanned …
Read More »China launched its first unmanned trains
Time waits for no man. On Saturday in the Beijing metro was officially put into operation of unmanned trains. Fully automated trains have been in China before, but these were the first produced and developed country. In China, there are already unmanned shops and supermarkets. Unmanned vehicles also received permission …
Read More »In Sweden runs the world’s first unmanned buses
In the Swedish capital Stockholm has commissioned the world’s first unmanned passenger buses.It is known that the new buses will ply in the Northern part of Stockholm on the pre-planned route of 1.5 kilometers at the speed of 20 kilometers per hour. They will also be equipped with GPS-sensors and …
Read More »Unmanned Chevrolet Bolt became the participant of accident
According to the report, the model Bolt working offline collided with a motorcycle. When the collision occurred, the Chevrolet Bolt was moving at a speed of approximately 20 km/h, while the speed of the rider on the Honda S90 indicators reached 27 km/h. As a result of incident the car …
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