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Study to Investigate Potential Uses of UAVs for Construction Applications

School of Building Construction Assistant Professor Dr. Javier Irizarry was recently awarded $74,984 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to evaluate the potential uses of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or "Drones" for use by the transportation department for applications ranging from safety inspections, surveying, bridge inspections, and many others.

24 Jan 2013

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Provides New Evidence of Wet Underground Environment

A NASA spacecraft is providing new evidence of a wet underground environment on Mars that adds to an increasingly complex picture of the Red Planet's early evolution.

21 Jan 2013

Data from Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey Orbiter Reveal Groundwater Activity

Minerals found in the subsurface of Mars, a zone of more than three miles below ground, make for the strongest evidence yet that the red planet may have supported life, according to research “Groundwater activity on Mars and implications for a deep biosphere,” published in Nature Geoscience on January 20, 2013.

21 Jan 2013

Ball Aerospace Integrates J-CORE Electronics Component Payload for STPSat-3 Spacecraft

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully integrated the fifth and final payload to fly aboard the STPSat-3 spacecraft when it launches from Wallops Island, Virginia, in mid-2013.

21 Jan 2013

SWE’s Subsea Ready Battery Products Enable Longer Deployments of ROVs and AUVs

Two subsea ready, Li Ion battery products announced today by battery solutions innovator Southwest Electronic Energy Group (SWE), break new ground with 4x longer deployments and 8x more charge cycles than lead acid batteries while delivering uncompromising safety.

18 Jan 2013

US Department of Defense Awards Global Telesat $605,000 Contract for BiB Aerostat Systems

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicles ("UAVs") and related technologies, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Global Telesat Corp. ("GTC"), has been awarded a $605,000 contract from the United States Department of Defense for a set of Blimp in a Box™ ("BiB") aerostat systems. The contract award includes on-location support for technical fact gathering, installation and training for the BiB systems.

18 Jan 2013

Innovation Challenge Unmanned Aircraft Competition to be Held in April 2013

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) of the United Arab Emirates have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and explore ways to enhance science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in areas that build local capacity across various sectors in the UAE.

18 Jan 2013

MSU’s Robotic Fish Swims and Glides Long Distances

A high-tech robotic fish hatched at Michigan State University has a new look. A new skill. And a new name.

18 Jan 2013

Elbit Systems to Provide Small Unmanned Aircraft System Products to U.S. Army

Elbit Systems Ltd. ("Elbit Systems") announced today that Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems, has been selected for award by the U.S. Army ACC-APG, Natick Contracting Division on behalf of the Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) Product Office.

17 Jan 2013

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Prepares to Drill into Rock

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is driving toward a flat rock with pale veins that may hold clues to a wet history on the Red Planet. If the rock meets rover engineers' approval when Curiosity rolls up to it in coming days, it will become the first to be drilled for a sample during the Mars Science Laboratory mission.

16 Jan 2013