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Textron Systems Plans to Demonstrate Capabilities of Common Unmanned Surface Vessel at Trident 2011

Textron Systems Advanced Systems, part of Textron Systems, declared that it will be showcasing the capabilities of the Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV) as part of the Trident Warrior 2011 experiment.

15 Jul 2011

Teledyne Receives Approval from U.S. Navy to Manufacture LBS-Gliders

Teledyne Technologies has announced that the U.S Navy has approved its subsidiary firm, Teledyne Brown Engineering, to move into the full rate production (FRP) phase on the littoral battlespace sensing-glider (LBS-G) program.

13 Jul 2011

AAI and CERDEC Sign Cooperative R+D Agreement

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) declared that they have entered into a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the Communications-Electronic Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) of the U.S Army.

13 Jul 2011

U.S. Marine Corps Get Robots for Target Practice

The U.S. Marine Corps have new target robots to practice with and they look strangely like the Taliban. With beards, AK47s and Afghan Pakul hats the ‘Tali-bots’ have a number of features that will assist in training the Marine Corps.

12 Jul 2011

Snail-Wave Omnidirectional Mobile Robot

Biomimicry seems to be the best strategy for top designers in robotics. The “Snail-Wave Omnidirectional Mobile Robot” seems to be inspired by the humble snail’s movement pattern. The snail’s galloping technique has been studied and improved upon in the robot by the Biomechatronics Lab at Chuo University in Japan.

10 Jul 2011

Harwin to Showcase Latest Products for Unmanned Systems and Robotic Applications at AUVSI 2011

Harwin would be showcasing its latest products at the AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America, which is to be held in Washington from 16th to 18th of August.

8 Jul 2011

U.S. Army Begins Biomechanical Testing of Robotic Exoskeleton from Lockheed Martin

The robotic exoskeleton, named HULC, from Lockheed Martin is currently undergoing Biomechanical testing at the Development and Engineering Center in Natick being conducted by the U.S Army.

2 Jul 2011

US Army Outlines Current Trends and Hurdles in Implementing the UAS Roadmap

The US Army Roadmap for UAS 2010-2035 details the plans of weaponising and humanising the unmanned systems.

30 Jun 2011

US Navy and US Army Explore the Possibility of a Joint VTOL UAV Program

The US Army is getting involved in the analysis of alternatives (AOA) being conducted by the Navy to determine the service requirements and the possibility drafting of a joint program for the vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft (VTOL) unmanned aircraft.

30 Jun 2011

University of Arizona Student Developing Underwater Robots for Exploration and Defense

For engineering senior Eduardo Moreno from the University of Arizona this summer will not be spent idly. He will spend this summer building underwater robots that will be tested and used in exploration and national defense.

29 Jun 2011