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UD Celebrates Opening of New Robotic Discovery Laboratories

Joanne Currier Daiber gave up a career in marine science for love, but she never gave up her love of marine science.

20 Aug 2014

First Fully Autonomous Mission Successfully Conducted by Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), successfully conducted a fully autonomous resupply, reconnaissance, surveillance and target-acquisition demonstration using its Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) unmanned ground vehicle, K-MAX unmanned helicopter and Gyrocam optical sensor.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 19 Aug 2014

Innovate Precision Farming Using Drones

Since 2010, the company Quetzal Aerospace, based in the city of Queretaro, in the middle of Mexico, began manufacturing drones. A little more than four years after its birth, the company has expressed its intention to use these platforms to optimize aeronautical techniques for farmers, in order to promote "precision agriculture" in the country.

19 Aug 2014

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Selects ‘Bonanza King’ as Fourth Drilling Target

The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has chosen a rock that looks like a pale paving stone as the mission's fourth drilling target, if it passes engineers' evaluation.

18 Aug 2014

New Project to Investigate Potential Use of UAVs to Understand Britain’s Heritage

A team from the University of Leicester is to investigate the potential use of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) technology to advance understanding of our heritage.

14 Aug 2014

Idaho National Lab Awards Cubic Contract to Provide Common Data Link for Small UAS

Cubic Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued at $1.8 million from Idaho National Laboratory to perform Phase one of a two-phase program to provide a common data link (CDL) for unmanned platforms, specifically Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS).

13 Aug 2014

Survey Report on International Military and Civilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "International Military and Civilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Survey" report to their offering.

13 Aug 2014

Cornell University’s Gemini AUV Wins Top Prize at Annual RoboSub Competition

The Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (CUAUV) team took home the top prize at the 17th Annual International RoboSub Competition, July 28-Aug. 3 in San Diego, Calif.

12 Aug 2014

NASA TV to Air Final Docking of ESA ATV Cargo Carrier with International Space Station

The fifth and final docking of a European Space Agency cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station will air live on NASA Television Tuesday, Aug. 12, beginning at 8 a.m. EDT.

8 Aug 2014

ATK and NASA Complete Solid Rocket Booster CDR for Unmanned Space Launch System Flight

ATK has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) with NASA to verify that the five-segment solid rocket booster is on track for an unmanned, first flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) in 2017. The SLS vehicle is planned to launch humans deeper into space than ever before.

8 Aug 2014