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Robotic Skies, service-drone Announce Completion of Aviation-Level Maintenance Program for MULTIROTORs

service-drone and Robotic Skies announced today that FAA-certified repairman Chris Haskell has completed an intensive manufacturer training program to troubleshoot, maintain and repair service-drone's MULTIROTOR™ line of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS).

3 Oct 2014

Leading Technology Companies Form Small UAV Coalition

Leading technology companies today formally announced the formation of the Small UAV Coalition to help pave the way for commercial, philanthropic, and civil use of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the United States and abroad. Chief among the organization's goals is to advance a regulatory environment that will support safe, reliable, and timely operation of small UAVs.

3 Oct 2014

Global Military Unmanned Maritime Systems Market Forecast to Double by 2020

The global unmanned maritime systems (UMS) market is a relatively nascent market in which innovations are rapidly improving capabilities. Some of these innovations are being developed by companies in response to the large demand requirements from oil and gas companies.

1 Oct 2014

AeroVironment Receives US Army Spare Parts Orders for RQ-11B Raven and RQ-20A Puma UAS

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced it received three firm fixed-price orders from the United States Army totaling $27,178,075 for RQ-11B Raven® and RQ-20A Puma AE™ unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) spare parts. The company received two orders on August 29, 2014 and one on September 18, 2014. Delivery is anticipated within 12 months.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 1 Oct 2014

Cassini Synthetic Aperture Radar Reveals Mysterious Feature in Titan Sea

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is monitoring the evolution of a mysterious feature in a large hydrocarbon sea on Saturn's moon Titan. The feature covers an area of about 100 square miles (260 square kilometers) in Ligeia Mare, one of the largest seas on Titan. It has now been observed twice by Cassini's radar experiment, but its appearance changed between the two apparitions.

1 Oct 2014

Northrop Grumman Selected to Execute Next-Generation Tactical Exploited Reconnaissance Node Program

Northrop Grumman Corporation is developing new, advanced unmanned systems to support the Department of Defense's capability to deploy global persistent intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) and strike capabilities in a faster and more cost-effective way.

30 Sep 2014

Industries Utilizing Drones Should be Aware of Transportation Regulations for Lithium Ion Batteries

As Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – or drones – become more commercially available and the list of industries utilizing the technology expands, companies should be aware of the stringent transportation regulations applicable to the lithium ion batteries that power virtually every UAV.

29 Sep 2014

Octocopter UAVs Fly at 9,000ft Altitude to Collect Air Samples

A team of scientists and engineers sampling greenhouse gases in the remote South Atlantic have pushed the boundaries of what’s possible with lightweight fully autonomous UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) by flying octocopters at altitudes of up to 9,000ft.

29 Sep 2014

Oval-Shaped Submersible Robot Scans for Contraband

Last week, at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, MIT researchers unveiled an oval-shaped submersible robot, a little smaller than a football, with a flattened panel on one side that it can slide along an underwater surface to perform ultrasound scans.

29 Sep 2014

DHL Parcel to Launch Parcelcopter Pilot Project on North Sea Island

DHL Parcel will soon launch a unique pilot project on the North Sea island of Juist: For the first time worldwide, medications and other urgently needed goods will be delivered to the island at certain times of the day by DHL parcelcopter.

26 Sep 2014