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USC Professor Joins Cyclone to Develop Alternative Combustion Systems for Micro-Sized Power Units

Cyclone Power Technologies, developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, announced that Paul D. Ronney, Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at University of Southern California, has joined as a consultant to Cyclone's team that will study and develop alternative combustion systems for micro-sized power units.

30 May 2013

Use of Drones Raises Several Troubling Legal Questions

As President Obama gives a speech on national security — including defending U.S. use of drones to combat terrorism — Leila Sadat, JD, international law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, argues that such targeted killing by unmanned planes may violate international humanitarian law. Legalities aside, she also questions whether it promotes U.S. interests abroad.

27 May 2013

Navy's Triton UAV Powered by Rolls-Royce AE 3007 Engine Achieves First Flight

Rolls-Royce congratulates the US Navy for achieving its first flight with the Northrop Grumman Corporation-built MQ-4C Triton aircraft.

24 May 2013

Northrop Grumman and Davidson Technologies Enter U.S. Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Agreement

Northrop Grumman Corporation has signed a U.S. Department of Defense mentor-protégé agreement with Davidson Technologies, a teammate on Northrop Grumman's Joint National Integration Center Research and Development Contract (JRDC). Under the JRDC, Northrop Grumman has led a world-class team to conduct ballistic missile defense system-level modeling and simulation, ground and flight test, wargame, training exercise, mission-critical operation and related analysis for more than 15 years.

24 May 2013

Triton High-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft Built by Northrop Grumman Completes First Flight

The Northrop Grumman Corporation-built MQ-4C Triton high-altitude unmanned aircraft successfully completed its first flight today from the company's manufacturing facility in Palmdale.

23 May 2013

Israel Becomes Top Global Exporter of Unmanned Aerial Systems

Israeli original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have aggressively marketed these platforms, helping them become the top exporter of UAS platforms, globally.

22 May 2013

Canadian Government Supports Development of Unmanned Aerial System Center of Excellence at Alma Airport

The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, today announced that Aéroport d'Alma has been granted financial assistance to build the infrastructure needed to group all of the activities of the Unmanned Aerial System Center of Excellence under one roof.

18 May 2013

Wave Glider Unmanned Autonomous Surface Vehicle Wins Guinness World Record

Liquid Robotics®, an ocean data services provider and developer of the Wave Glider®, announced it has been officially awarded the Guinness World Record for the longest journey of an unmanned autonomous surface vehicle.

From Liquid Robotics 17 May 2013

Opportunity to Interact with Robots at NYU-Poly Research Expo

As a newly minted class of engineers walk the stage at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University Commencement next week, New Yorkers will have an opportunity to walk into the future, as Downtown Brooklyn's MetroTech Plaza transforms for the university's first annual Research Expo.

17 May 2013