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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

Semi-Autonomous ARM Drone Can Help Monitor Radiation After Release of Nuclear Material

University of Bristol researchers have unveiled a large semi-autonomous drone called the ARM system which could be used to provide visual and thermal monitoring of radiation after a release of nuclear material.

15 Nov 2013

Mars Rover Teams Select Planetary Scientist Murray’s Name for Significant Landmarks

Features on Mars important to the missions of NASA's two active Mars rovers are now called "Murray Ridge" and "Murray Buttes," in honor of influential planetary scientist Bruce Murray (1931-2013).

14 Nov 2013

Study on Stingray Movement for Next Generation UUVs to be Presented at 66th APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting

Stingrays swim through water with such ease that researchers from the University at Buffalo and Harvard University are studying how their movements could be used to design more agile and fuel-efficient unmanned underwater vehicles.

14 Nov 2013

Curiosity Rover Returns to Normal Engineering Operations

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project received confirmation from Mars Sunday (Nov. 10) that the Curiosity rover has successfully transitioned back into nominal surface operations mode. Curiosity had been in safe mode since Nov. 7, when an unexpected software reboot (also known as a warm reset) occurred during a communications pass with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

14 Nov 2013

ISRO Plans Supplementary Orbit Raising Manoeuvre for Mars Orbiter Spacecraft

In the fourth orbit-raising operation conducted this morning (Nov 11, 2013), the apogee (farthest point to Earth) of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was raised from 71,623 km to 78,276 km by imparting an incremental velocity of 35 metres/second (as against 130 metres/second originally planned to raise apogee to about 100,000 [1 lakh] km). The spacecraft is in normal health. A supplementary orbit-raising operation is planned tomorrow (November 12, 2013) at 0500 hrs IST to raise the apogee to nearly 1 lakh km.

13 Nov 2013