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FMC Technologies Obtains Order from Tidewater Subsea for Six Work-Class ROV Systems

FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order from Tidewater Subsea (Tidewater) to supply a fleet of six work-class ROV systems for its subsea operations business. The ROV systems will be supplied by FMC Technologies' Schilling Robotics business unit and are expected to be delivered before the end of 2013. The contract value is approximately $30 million in revenue.

5 Dec 2013

Amazon's Drone Delivery System to Face Technological and Insurance Challenges

For Amazon’s recently announced drone delivery system to get off the ground, the company will have to solve numerous difficult technological challenges. Chief among them will be increasing battery life, getting the drones to work without a central command and to “think” on their own, and determining what kind of navigation sensors they will use.

5 Dec 2013

Production Begins of First NATO Global Hawk Aircraft by Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Moss Point, Miss., Unmanned Systems Center started production of the first NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Block 40 Global Hawk aircraft, enhanced to meet NATO operational requirements.

4 Dec 2013

Limited Proliferation of Unmanned Technology Forecast over the Next Ten Years

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) represent a tiny proportion of vehicle inventories globally but replacing and complementing manned vehicles with unmanned systems is a powerful opportunity. As yet, it has not been defined how the technology will be best utilised or how new systems will be integrated into force structures.

3 Dec 2013

Virginia Tech to Get $2.6 M FACT Funds to Operate Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site in Commonwealth of Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia announced it will award more than $2.6 million over three years in Federal Action Contingency Trust (FACT) funds to Virginia Tech to operate an unmanned aircraft systems test site in the state, officials from the governor's office said Monday.

3 Dec 2013

UAV Company, Olaeris, to Set up U.S. Headquarters Facility in North Carolina

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) company Olaeris has selected North Carolina as its top choice for a U.S. headquarters facility. They are currently engaging Piedmont economic development leaders to identify the most promising location for what they believe can become a leading R&D hub to the global UAV industry.

3 Dec 2013

NASA Debuts Human Exploration Rover Challenge for Students

NASA is debuting a new engineering design challenge to engage students worldwide in the next phase of human space exploration. The NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge is a more complex follow-on to the successful NASA Great Moonbuggy Race.

2 Dec 2013

Moon Express Enables Scientific Collaboration Between ILOA and China's Chang'e-3 Moon Mission

Moon Express, a U.S. commercial lunar enterprise, is enabling scientific collaboration between the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) and China's Chang'e-3 Moon mission successfully launched today from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, southwest China.

2 Dec 2013

Automated Guided Vehicles Producer, Seegrid, Discusses Trend Towards Automated Material Handling

Material Handling has gone through many changes in the last four decades. Seegrid, maker of flexible automated guided vehicles (AGVs) is revolutionizing the change with product availability, customization, and the growth of sources to supply products.

From Seegrid Corporation 30 Nov 2013

SciX 2013: CISS Presents Robotically Controlled Raman System for Explosives Detection

ChemImage Sensor Systems (CISS) announced Nathaniel R. Gomer, Ph.D, Senior Scientist at CISS received positive responses from the spectroscopy community at the Great Scientific Exchange (SciX) 2013 in Milwaukee, WI for his presentation on the company's work on a robotically controlled Raman system for detecting and identifying explosives.

28 Nov 2013