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NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Extracts First Sample of Powdered Rock

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet. No rover has ever has drilled into a rock beyond Earth and collected a sample from its interior.

21 Feb 2013

Northrop Grumman to Highlight Triton UAS Capabilities at Australian International Air Show

Northrop Grumman Corporation will be holding a media briefing during the Australian International Air Show focused on the Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The briefing will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 2 to 3 p.m.

20 Feb 2013

Lockheed Martin Successfully Completes Demonstration of Satellite-Controlled SMSS UAV

Lockheed Martin completed a successful demonstration at Camp Grayling, Mich., recently in which its Squad Mission Support System (SMSS™) was being controlled via satellite from more than 200 miles away.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 20 Feb 2013

Northrop Grumman Provided Fiber-Optic, Gyrocompassing LCR-100 AHRS for nEUROn UCAV Demonstrator

Northrop Grumman Corporation, in cooperation with Saab Aerosystems, has provided the attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) for the nEUROn Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator, which recently completed a successful first flight.

20 Feb 2013

Insitu Reports Successful First Flight of Integrator Unmanned Aircraft System

Insitu announced today the successful first flight of Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Block 2, the latest technology release of the system.

19 Feb 2013

Oshkosh to Debut TerraMax Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology at IDEX 2013

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, announced today the international debut of its Oshkosh TerraMax™ unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) technology, which is available to support militaries globally and will be demonstrated at IDEX (International Defense Exhibition and Conference) 2013 (booth #03-C10), on Feb. 17-21 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

18 Feb 2013

UAV Manufacturer Halberd Enters Wholesale Partnership with Private Security Company

On January 4th Halberd entered into a wholesale partnership with a private security company run by a service connected disabled veteran.

15 Feb 2013

GA-ASI's Remotely Piloted Aircraft to be Equipped with Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy

Raytheon Company and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. are working together to develop a highly autonomous, unmanned electronic warfare capability based on equipping GA-ASI's Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) with Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD®).

14 Feb 2013

Law Professor Discusses Legal Issues around Use of Drones

Charlottesville, Va. recently became the first town in the U.S. to pass an anti-drone resolution, calling for a restriction on the use of the unmanned surveillance vehicles.

12 Feb 2013

Alaska Air Carriers Association Symposium to Showcase Halberd UAS

Halberd Corporation -- As a result of Halberd Corporation's partnership with the Unmanned Vehicle University we are proud to announce the delivery of its Shadow series airframe on February 13th to UVU, this airframe retails for $14,999.00.

11 Feb 2013