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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

senseFly’s Ultralight Drones Help Model the Matterhorn in 3D

Two EPFL spin-offs, senseFly and Pix4D (IC), have modeled the Matterhorn in 3D, at a level of detail never before achieved. It took senseFly’s ultralight drones just six hours to snap the high altitude photographs that were needed to build the model.

5 Nov 2013

Festo Introduces Autonomous Jellyfishes with Improved Communications Technology and Condition Monitoring

Festo presented the AquaJellies for the first time at the Hanover Fair in 2008. Now, Festo presents the AquaJellies 2.0 with improved communications technology and condition monitoring of the individual jellyfish on a smartphone.

From Festo Corporation 4 Nov 2013

First Flight of Next-Generation MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Completes Successfully

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy successfully completed the first flight of the next-generation MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif.

4 Nov 2013

Flying Robot Bumps Into and Ricochets off Obstacles

Gimball bumps into and ricochets off of obstacles, rather than avoiding them. This 34 centimeter in diameter spherical flying robot buzzes around the most unpredictable, chaotic environments, without the need for fragile detection sensors. This resiliency to injury, inspired by insects, is what sets it apart from other flying robots.

31 Oct 2013

NRL’s Reliant Heavyweight UUV Completes 100 Hour Long-Endurance Mission from Boston to New York

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), announced that the company, in support of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), has successfully completed a long-endurance UUV mission from Boston to New York totaling over 100 hours with NRL’s Reliant “Heavyweight” UUV.

31 Oct 2013