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SpaceX Cargo Mission to International Space Station to Launch on March 16

The next SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch Sunday, March 16, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

6 Mar 2014

VIRES Aeronautics Announced $1 Million Series AA Round of Financing for UAVs

VIRES Aeronautics, developers of a revolutionary airplane wing design, today announced a $1 million Series AA round of financing. The funding will enable VIRES Aeronautics to meet increasing customer demand for extended flight time in the rapidly growing industry for unmanned aerial vehicles. Draper Associates led the round with participation from Lemnos Labs, VegasTechFund, Promus Ventures, Lance White, Don Hutchison, and Toivo Annus.

3 Mar 2014

Research and Markets Adds Report on Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market 2013 - 2018" report to their offering.

3 Mar 2014

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Provides Close-up Look at Striated Ground

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has reached an area where orbital images had piqued researchers' interest in patches of ground with striations all oriented in a similar direction.

28 Feb 2014

Aerial Images from Unmanned Aircraft Help Create 3D Model of Coal Ash Spill

With a 3D model created using aerial images from an unmanned aircraft, Wake Forest researchers are providing a new look at the extent of coal ash contaminants leaked into a North Carolina river earlier this month. The approach holds promise as an effective means to monitor environmental contamination in the case of similar incidents.

27 Feb 2014

iSchool NEXIS Discusses Drone Technology with Lockheed Martin

As a part of National Engineers Week last week, members of the New Explorations in Information and Science lab (NEXIS) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) spoke to employees at Lockheed Martin in Syracuse about developments in unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) technology and policy.

27 Feb 2014

GHR Seeks Patent for Drone Based Advanced Geophysical Receiving Technology System

Gold Hill Resources, Inc. ("GHR" or the "Company"), a mining and subsurface detection technology company, today announced that it has filed seven new patents over the course of last year including a patent application regarding Advanced Geophysical Receiving (AGR) technology embedded in a drone based detection system.

26 Feb 2014

Hexagon Announces Acquisition of Unmanned Aerial Multicopter System Provider, Aibotix

Hexagon AB, parent company of Leica Geosystems and leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation solutions, announced today the acquisition of Aibotix, a manufacturer of intelligent multicopter systems for high-efficiency aerial applications.

24 Feb 2014

Clearpath Robotics Successfully Integrates Myo Armband with Husky Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Kitchener based companies and University of Waterloo startups, Thalmic Labs and Clearpath Robotics have joined forces to prove gesture controlled robots are possible.

24 Feb 2014

Wave Glider Aids in Continental-Scale Acoustic Monitoring of Commercial Fish Stocks

Growing marine algae to solve society’s food, energy and climate change problems and a revolutionary tool to track marine fish populations are two topics Cornell oceanographer Charles Greene will discuss during presentations at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb. 23-28 at the Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu.

21 Feb 2014