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25 results for “defense technology development”

  1. DroneBaykar · defense drone: uncrewed combat aircraft · Turkey

    Bayraktar KIZILELMA

    KIZILELMA is a jet-powered uncrewed combat aircraft under flight development for collaborative air operations and operation from short runways.

  2. Industry

    Defense

    Defense robotics spans uncrewed air, ground and maritime systems, logistics, reconnaissance and counter-system technologies.

  3. RobotMilrem Robotics · defense ground robot: tracked robotic combat vehicle · Estonia

    Type-X RCV

    Type-X is a tracked robotic combat-vehicle platform developed for mechanized-unit support, with remote operation and autonomous functions including waypoint navigation…

  4. DroneBoeing · defense drone: collaborative combat aircraft · Australia · 2021

    MQ-28 Ghost Bat

    MQ-28 Ghost Bat is an Australian-developed uncrewed collaborative aircraft designed to team with crewed aircraft through an open architecture and interchangeable mission…

  5. Maritime SystemNorthrop Grumman · defense underwater robot: long-duration UUV demonstrator · United States

    Manta Ray

    Manta Ray is a full-scale uncrewed underwater demonstrator developed for long-duration, long-range autonomous missions with modular payloads and low-power seabed…

  6. Maritime SystemBoeing · defense underwater robot: extra-large UUV · United States

    Orca XLUUV

    Orca is an extra-large uncrewed undersea vehicle program designed for long-range autonomous operation with a modular payload bay and minimal support from a host vessel.

  7. Technologynavigation

    Autonomous Navigation

    Autonomous navigation combines perception, localization, planning and control so a machine can move toward goals with limited direct human input.

  8. Technologyartificial intelligence

    Embodied AI

    Embodied AI studies intelligent agents that perceive and act through a body in a physical or simulated environment.

  9. Technologysensing

    Lidar

    Lidar measures distance by timing reflected laser light and can build geometric representations of surroundings.

  10. Technologyartificial intelligence

    Machine Learning

    Machine learning develops models whose behavior is fitted from data rather than specified only through fixed rules.

  11. Technologysensing

    Radar

    Radar transmits radio waves and analyzes reflected energy to estimate range, direction and often relative velocity.

  12. Technologymotion and control

    Robotic Manipulation

    Robotic manipulation concerns sensing, planning and controlling physical contact with objects and tools.

  13. Technologyperception and state estimation

    Sensor Fusion

    Sensor fusion combines measurements from multiple sensors to estimate a system or environment more reliably than a single stream alone.

  14. RobotTesla · humanoid · United States · 2021

    Tesla Optimus

    Optimus is Tesla's general-purpose humanoid development program. Public performance and production statements should be treated as company claims until independently…

  15. RobotUnitree Robotics · humanoid · China · 2024

    Unitree G1

    G1 is a compact humanoid platform sold in configurations for education, research and development. Prices and configurations can change.

  16. Companyuncrewed aircraft and defense systems · Arlington, Virginia · 1971 · AVAV

    AeroVironment

    AeroVironment develops small uncrewed aircraft and other defense systems.

  17. Companydefense autonomy and uncrewed systems · Costa Mesa, California · 2017

    Anduril

    Anduril develops defense autonomy software, sensors and uncrewed air and maritime systems.

  18. Companymaritime technology and autonomous systems · Kongsberg

    Kongsberg Maritime

    Kongsberg Maritime supplies marine technology including HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicles.

  19. Autonomous VehicleVolkswagen Commercial Vehicles / MOIA · pre-series roboshuttle · Germany · 2026

    Volkswagen ID. Buzz AD

    ID. Buzz AD is a pre-series autonomous passenger shuttle built by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles with Mobileye driving technology for MOIA's turnkey mobility-service…

  20. RobotBooster Robotics · developer humanoid robot · China

    Booster T1

    Booster T1 is a compact humanoid development platform aimed at universities, labs and robotics teams working on locomotion, control and embodied intelligence.

  21. RobotMilrem Robotics · defense ground robot: modular tracked UGV · Estonia

    THeMIS

    THeMIS is a modular tracked uncrewed ground vehicle family that accepts logistics, reconnaissance, engineering and other defense payloads on a common hybrid-electric…

  22. RobotUnitree Robotics · general-purpose humanoid robot · China · 2023

    Unitree H1

    H1 is Unitree's full-size general-purpose humanoid platform for dynamic locomotion and embodied-AI development.

  23. RobotUnitree Robotics · compact humanoid robot · China · 2025

    Unitree R1

    R1 is a compact Unitree humanoid available in Air, standard and EDU configurations. Its product page emphasizes agile motion, multimodal voice-and-image interaction and…

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