MACRO USA develops and manufactures a range of robotic compact platforms designed for homeland security and military use. Some of the company’s prominent products include the Armadillo, a rugged, lightweight, man portable unmanned ground vehicle weighing up to 2.5 kg. Armadillo can carry loads of up to three kg, and operate at a distance of 200 – 250 meters from the operating console. Scorpion is a larger 6×6 robot, weighing 12.7 kg, carrying payloads up to 12 kg of weight. Its multi-mission design and effective obstacle negotiation makes it suitable for operations in caves, tunnels and other underground voids. The Scorpion can be controlled remotely via fiber-optical cable, facilitating ease of use in subterranean and urban terrain.
The New Air War: How Rapid and Cheap Manufacturing of Drones and Missiles Are...
How One-Way Attack Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (OWA-UAVs), often dubbed "kamikaze drones," and sophisticated loitering munitions are "democratizing" air power through low cost and agile manufacturing techniques
DefenseTech Weekly Brief – April 21-27, 2025
This edition of the DefenseTech Brief covers the week of April 21-27, 2025, a period marked by significant developments across multiple defense technology domains. Key highlights include the US Army's critical decision to move...
DefenseTech Weekly Brief | April 14-21, 2025
This week’s DefenseTech Brief captures a defense landscape in flux—driven by urgent needs for missile defense, advanced autonomy, and sovereign production capabilities. Across domains and continents, governments and industries are accelerating the integration of...
Loitering Munition Developments: Enhancing Precision Strike
This article is part of our weekly DefenseTech Brief.
Loitering munitions (LMs), which provide relatively low-cost precision strike capabilities with surveillance potential, continue to proliferate. Development efforts focus on increasing range, autonomy, and resilience.
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Integrating Intelligence into Unmanned Systems
This article is part of our weekly DefenseTech Brief.
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous capabilities into military platforms and software continues at a rapid pace, aiming to enhance operational effectiveness, reduce personnel...
