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Lockheed Martin Delivers Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN Spacecraft to Kennedy Space Center

Lockheed Martin delivered NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft to the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Friday, Aug. 2. The orbiter will now undergo three-and-a-half months of final processing in preparation for a November launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V -401 rocket.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 7 Aug 2013

AUVSI 2013: Quadrant to Highlight Advanced Materials for Unmanned Vehicle Systems

Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (EPP), the global leader of machinable plastics and composites, visits the AUVSI (Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International) Unmanned Systems 2013 trade show on August 12-15, 2013 with its innovative family of Materials and expert Application Specialists for the Unmanned Systems industry.

7 Aug 2013

Langley Professor to Present on Autonomous, Adaptivity and Safety of Unmanned Aircraft

On Tuesday, Aug. 6, at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., professor John McDermid will present, "Autonomous, Adaptive, and Safe?" at 2 p.m. in the Reid Conference Center.

6 Aug 2013

United Launch Services Selected to Launch NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft

NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Englewood, Colo. to launch the Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft.

6 Aug 2013

NASA Begins Final Preparations for November Launch of Next Mars Spacecraft

NASA's next spacecraft going to Mars arrived Friday, Aug. 2, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and is now perched in a cleanroom to begin final preparations for its November launch.

6 Aug 2013

Indiana State University to Co-Host Regional Conference Focusing on Unmanned Systems

An upcoming conference will focus on the role that unmanned systems technology will have in the future of national security and emergency response situations.

5 Aug 2013

Maritime Congressional Hearing Highlights Potential of Unmanned Technologies

During the July 31 Congressional Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation hearing entitled How to Improve the Efficiency, Safety and Security of Maritime Transportation: Better Use and Integration of Maritime Domain Awareness Data, Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Ranking Member John Garamendi (D-CA) encouraged the Coast Guard to work with commercial industry to identify the latest technologies that can meet, as well as extend, their current missions while reducing overall costs.

From Liquid Robotics 5 Aug 2013

NASA Curiosity Rover to Mark One Year on Red Planet

NASA's Curiosity rover will mark one year on Mars next week and has already achieved its main science goal of revealing ancient Mars could have supported life. The mobile laboratory also is guiding designs for future planetary missions.

5 Aug 2013

Cornell’s Ragnarök Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Wins RoboSub Student Competition

With their submarine, Ragnarök, the Cornell Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (CUAUV) project team won first place for the second consecutive year at the RoboSub student competition, which took place in San Diego July 22-28. It was CUAUV’s fifth win since 2003.

3 Aug 2013

Michigan Team Prepares for Annual International Aerial Robotics Competition

If the mission sounds impossible, that's because it is—at least with today's technology: Build a three-pound flying machine that can, under its own control, take off, fly through a window into a model building, avoid security lasers, navigate the halls, recognize signs, enter the correct room, find a flash drive in a box on a desk, pick it up, leave a decoy, exit and land in under 10 minutes.

3 Aug 2013