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Researchers Study Stingray Movements for Building More Agile, Maneuverable Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Recent studies show stingrays are the hybrid cars of the ocean.

8 Nov 2013

Global Underwater Robotics Market Forecast to Grow at 6.77% CAGR Over the Period 2012-2016

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the Underwater Robotics - 2013 Report to their offering.

8 Nov 2013

Boston Engineering to Incubate Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Technology at UMass Dartmouth ATMC

Boston Engineering Corporation today announced the opening of an office at the ATMC of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA.

7 Nov 2013

NASA Awards UTSA $300,000 to Build Fourth Prototype of ‘Lab-on-a-Robot’

University of Texas at San Antonio Chemistry Professor Carlos Garcia, UTSA Physics Professor Arturo Ayon and HJ Science & Technology Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. have been awarded more than $300,000 in NASA funding to build the fourth prototype of a "lab-on-a-robot" (LOAR). The Rover-like prototype will be designed to conduct on-site planetary compositional analysis.

7 Nov 2013

MTSI to Enter Into Commercial UAS Marketplace

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI), a leading systems engineering provider in the Government Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) domain, today announced the expansion of its world-class UAS services into the Commercial UAS marketplace. This emerging market, estimated by various sources at a potential $10 billion within three years, has been inhibited by the lack of a regulatory structure for integrating UAS into the National Airspace System (NAS) as well as the absence of established Standards for airspace-enabling UAS technologies.

7 Nov 2013

Exelis Awarded $20.6 M Contract to Produce Ejector Rack for MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Exelis has been awarded a $20.6 million contract by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. of Poway, Calif., to produce the BRU-71/A ejector rack for the Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft.

7 Nov 2013

CyPhy Works Closes $7 Million Financing to Expand Development of UAVs

CyPhy Works, a leading developer of advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), today announced the close of a $7 million financing round led by Lux Capital, with participation from General Catalyst Partners, Felicis Ventures and several undisclosed prominent angel investors. As part of the financing, Lux Capital Partner Bilal Zuberi will join the CyPhy Works board of directors.

7 Nov 2013

DARPA Selects AeroVironment for TERN Program to Develop Medium-Altitude, Long-Endurance UAS

AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to provide its market-leading expertise in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) toward the development of a new category of this technology.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 6 Nov 2013

ING Robotics Aviation to Showcase Fixed Wing Robotics Aircraft System at Expocorma Conference 2013

ING Robotic Aviation will be showcasing their fixed wing robotic aircraft system, Serenity, in collaboration with iFMS, at this years 2013 Expocorma Conference.

From ING Robotic Aviation 5 Nov 2013

Structural Strength of Triton UAS Wing Successfully Demonstrated

Northrop Grumman Corp. and Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, a subsidiary of Triumph Group, Inc., have successfully demonstrated the structural strength of the U.S. Navy's Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) wing. This is a key capability that will allow the aircraft to descend from high altitudes to make positive identification of targets of interest during surveillance missions.

5 Nov 2013

Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) News

Researchers Study Stingray Movements for Building More Agile, Maneuverable Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Global Underwater Robotics Market Forecast to Grow at 6.77% CAGR Over the Period 2012-2016

Boston Engineering to Incubate Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Technology at UMass Dartmouth ATMC

NASA Awards UTSA $300,000 to Build Fourth Prototype of ‘Lab-on-a-Robot’

MTSI to Enter Into Commercial UAS Marketplace

Exelis Awarded $20.6 M Contract to Produce Ejector Rack for MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft

CyPhy Works Closes $7 Million Financing to Expand Development of UAVs

DARPA Selects AeroVironment for TERN Program to Develop Medium-Altitude, Long-Endurance UAS

ING Robotics Aviation to Showcase Fixed Wing Robotics Aircraft System at Expocorma Conference 2013

Structural Strength of Triton UAS Wing Successfully Demonstrated

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