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Robotic Drone to Study Biodiverse Ecosystems in Peru’s Tropical Cloud Forest

As U.N. climate talks continue in Warsaw, soon a flying, insect-like robot developed by scientists at Wake Forest University will give an unprecedented look at Peru’s tropical cloud forest, one of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems and a key indicator of global climate change.

22 Nov 2013

Payload Orbital Delivery System for DARPA Phoenix Mission to be Developed by MDA

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. ("MDA" or the "Company"), a global communications and information company, announced today that it has been authorized to proceed with development of a Payload Orbital Delivery system (POD) for the DARPA Phoenix mission. The expected contract value for full development of the flight system is US$6 million.

22 Nov 2013

Engineers Run Tests to Check Causes of Voltage Change on Mars Rover Curiosity

Science observations by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity have been suspended for a few days while engineers run tests to check possible causes of a voltage change detected on Nov. 17.

22 Nov 2013

Report Analyses US DoD Unmanned Aerial Systems Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Analysis of the US DoD Unmanned Aerial Systems Market" report to their offering.

22 Nov 2013

NRL Reliant AUV Completes Record Setting Endurance Travel Mission

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Acoustics Division, with Bluefin Robotics, executed a record setting 507 kilometer (315 mile), long-endurance autonomy research mission using its heavyweight-class mine countermeasures autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), Reliant.

21 Nov 2013

New Research Report on US DoD Unmanned Aerial Systems Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Analysis of the US DoD Unmanned Aerial Systems Market

19 Nov 2013

Northrop Grumman, HCT Sign MOU for Fourth Annual Unmanned Aircraft Innovation Challenge

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the United Arab Emirates' Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue their highly successful science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) partnership known as Innovation Challenge into 2014.

19 Nov 2013

Aviation Week Presents Excellence Awards to Three Northrop Grumman Programs

Three Northrop Grumman Corporation programs have received Program Excellence awards from Aviation Week for being among the top-performers in the aerospace and defense industry.

18 Nov 2013

NASA to Launch MAVEN to Explore Martian Atmosphere

On Monday, November 18, NASA is set to launch MAVEN [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/overview/index.html] (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), a small scientific satellite, to do some chemical meter-reading in the Martian atmosphere.

18 Nov 2013

Northrop Grumman Integrates Miniature Electronic Attack Payload on Bat Unmanned Aircraft

Northrop Grumman Corporation has integrated and employed an internal miniature electronic attack payload on the Bat unmanned aircraft, marking the first time that such a system was used in operation on a Group III (small, tactical) unmanned aircraft system.

15 Nov 2013