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Mars Rock Analysis by Rover Team Reveals Existence of Favorable Environmental Conditions for Microbial Life

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL, also known as Curiosity rover), was sent to answer a simple question: Was Mars ever hospitable to life? The recent discovery of life-supporting chemical ingredients in a rock sample drilled by the rover on the Red Planet suggests scientists finally have an answer.

21 Mar 2013

Curiosity Rover’s ChemCam Instrument Employs Powerful Laser to Vaporize Pinpoint of Martian Rock Surface

When it comes to examining the surface of rocks on Mars with a high-powered laser, five is a magic number for Los Alamos National Laboratory postdoctoral researcher Nina Lanza.

21 Mar 2013

Liquid Robotics Acquires Additional Investment to Meet Increasing Demand for Ocean Monitoring Services

Liquid Robotics®, a leading provider of autonomous ocean robots and high value ocean data services, today announced that it has closed a $45 million Series E funding round led by Riverwood Capital, a growth-focused technology private equity firm, with participation from existing investors, including VantagePoint Capital Partners.

From Liquid Robotics 20 Mar 2013

UTC Aerospace Systems Releases Piccolo Nano Autopilot Flight Management System

UTC Aerospace Systems announces the release of the Cloud Cap Technology Piccolo Nano autopilot, the smallest addition to the industry standard Cloud Cap Technology Piccolo family of flight management systems.

20 Mar 2013

Harper Government Supports Western Canada's Unmanned Vehicle Systems Sector

The Harper Government is supporting Western Canada's unmanned vehicle systems (UVS) sector through an investment that aims to improve competitiveness and productivity for the aerospace and defence industry.

15 Mar 2013

Unmanned Aircraft Industry Set to Create Over 70,000 New American Jobs

Today, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) unveiled a new study, which finds that the unmanned aircraft industry is poised to create more than 70,000 new American jobs in the first three years following the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into U.S. national airspace system (NAS).

13 Mar 2013

MLB Concludes Project on Autonomous Delivery of Payload Using Vertical Take-Off UAV

MLB Company, a leader in low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions, services and products, today announced it has concluded a DARPA funded research project to demonstrate precision autonomous delivery and placement of payload using its vertical take-off and landing UAV, the V-Bat.

13 Mar 2013