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US Army Places Order for AeroVironment’s RQ-11B Raven UAS Gimbaled Sensor Payloads

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced it has received an order from the U.S. Army for the company's Mantis™ i23 gimbaled sensor payloads to continue upgrading the Army's fleet of RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). AeroVironment, which develops and produces advanced upgrades for its highly integrated UAS, such as Raven, was selected as the result of a competitive bid.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 3 Oct 2013

Six Easy Steps to Train and Deploy Seegrid Flexible Automated Guided Vehicles

Training a Seegrid flexible automated guided vehicle (AGV) is simple. The innovative vision-guided technology allows vehicles to be trained and deployed in a warehouse or manufacturing facility quickly and efficiently, eliminating non-value-added repetitive tasks.

From Seegrid Corporation 1 Oct 2013

NASA Administrator Issues Statement on Successful Berthing of Orbital Cygnus Spacecraft

The following are statements from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology John P. Holdren about the berthing of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday.

1 Oct 2013

ISS Robotic Arm Captures and Attaches Cygnus Cargo Resupply Spacecraft

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) used a robotic arm to capture and attach a Cygnus cargo resupply spacecraft Sunday, marking several spaceflight firsts for NASA and its partner, Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va.

1 Oct 2013

NASA Announces ‘Mars 2020 Mission Investigations Announcement of Opportunity’ Competition

NASA has released its announcement of an open competition for the planetary community to submit proposals for the science and exploration technology instruments that would be carried aboard the agency's next Mars rover, scheduled for launch in July/August of 2020.

30 Sep 2013

NASA Astronauts Practice Launch Into Space Aboard Orion Spacecraft

For the first time, NASA astronauts are practicing a launch into space aboard the agency's Orion spacecraft, and provided feedback on the new capsule's cockpit design.

30 Sep 2013

KAIST Team Develops Unmanned Aquatic Robot to Eradicate Jellyfish

A team led by KAIST Civil and Environmental Engineering Department’s Professor Hyeon Myeong has just finished testing the cooperative assembly robot for jellyfish population control, named JEROS, in the field.

30 Sep 2013

Cygnus Spacecraft’s Rendezvous Date with International Space Station Approved

NASA and its International Space Station partners have approved a Sunday, Sept. 29, target arrival of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft on its demonstration cargo resupply mission to the space station.

30 Sep 2013

NASA Mars Rover Completes Comprehensive Mineralogical Analysis

NASA's Curiosity rover is revealing a great deal about Mars, from long-ago processes in its interior to the current interaction between the Martian surface and atmosphere.

27 Sep 2013

Raytheon’s AI3 Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative System Destroys UAS in Test Flight

In a first-of-its-kind test for Raytheon Company's Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3 destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in flight. The intercept was part of the second guided test flights for the AI3 program and follows its first in-flight defeat of a 107mm rocket earlier in the test series.

27 Sep 2013