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AeroVironment, CybAero Partner to Develop Tier II VTOL Unmanned Aircraft System

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with Sweden-based CybAero AB to develop and distribute a Tier II vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system in response to unmet requirements from multiple customers. The relationship gives AeroVironment exclusive rights to provide CybAero AB systems to United States customers and to government customers in NATO and other countries.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 4 Dec 2012

Curiosity Rover Performs Analysis of Martian Soil

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has used its full array of instruments to analyze Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry within the Martian soil. Water and sulfur and chlorine-containing substances, among other ingredients, showed up in samples Curiosity's arm delivered to an analytical laboratory inside the rover.

4 Dec 2012

nEUROn Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Stealth Technology Demonstrator Completes Maiden Flight

Today, the nEUROn, Europe's unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) stealth technology demonstrator, successfully completed its maiden flight from the Dassault Aviation company's flight test base in Istres, in collaboration with the flight test personnel of the French defense procurement agency (DGA).

3 Dec 2012

First Catapult Launch of US Navy's X-47B Unmanned Aircraft

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy have conducted the Navy's first catapult launch of an unmanned system using the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator.

30 Nov 2012

First Field Test of Bio-Robotic Fish in Polar Regions

The fifth China Arctic research expedition trip has witnessed the first field test of robotic fish in Polar Regions ever in the history of China.

29 Nov 2012

Galileo Group Completes UAV Flights for NASA Environmental Project

Galileo Group, Inc., announced today that it has completed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight operations and hyperspectral data collections for a series of missions supporting a NASA sponsored project to map sea grass beds and coral reefs in the Florida keys.

28 Nov 2012

New Report on Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Defense and Security

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Defense and Security: Global Markets and Technologies Outlook - 2013-2020" report to their offering.

28 Nov 2012

Lockheed Martin Develops Portable Military Defense Laser System against Unmanned Aerial Systems

Lockheed Martin today announced that it has successfully demonstrated a portable, ground-based military laser system in a series of tests against representative airborne targets.

28 Nov 2012

Consumer Drone Company Acquires Majority Share in EPFL Start-Up senseFly

The French company Parrot, world leader in wireless peripherals for mobile phones and already in the market for consumer drones, acquired for 5 million Swiss Francs a majority share in senseFly, a start-up from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL.

27 Nov 2012

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Photograph Risky Regions of the Ocean Floor

Underwater robots just got smarter. Engineers at Stanford and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have developed a system that allows autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to better anticipate obstacles in their path, enabling them to safely photograph even treacherous, distant reaches of the ocean floor.

27 Nov 2012