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New Book Highlights Issues on 'Sense and Avoid' Problem in UAS

Research and Markets has reported that a new book titled “Sense and Avoid in UAS. Research and Applications" from John Wiley and Sons has been added to its portfolio.

21 Sep 2012

NASA Glenn Research Center Addresses Technical Challenges of Operating UAVs

As part of a key research project, NASA Glenn Research Center engineers are seeking solutions for the issues related to the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the US air space.

21 Sep 2012

Analyzing Hurricane Outflow Jets Using Unmanned Aircraft

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology Division (MMD), Monterey, California researchers will participate in a new three-year NASA field campaign focused on observing hurricanes from a complex, unique vantage point 65,000 ft over the Atlantic.

12 Sep 2012

New Report Discusses Challenges and Opportunities in the UAV Reconnaissance System Market

MarketResearch.com has included a new report titled ‘Unmanned Vehicles: The Market for UAV Reconnaissance Systems’ to its suite of Military Aircraft market reports.

11 Sep 2012

Northrop Grumman to Display UAS and Sensor Technology at ILA Berlin Air Show 2012

Northrop Grumman is exhibiting at the ILA Berlin Air Show to showcase its high-efficiency intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities with the international derivatives of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) called the ‘EURO HAWK’ and ‘NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance’ (AGS) platforms. In addition, the company will also demonstrate its aircraft navigation and stabilisation sensor technology.

7 Sep 2012

U.S. Army Supports AeroVironment for RQ-11B Raven SUAS with Miniature Gimbaled Payload

AeroVironment recently declared that it has been presented with $16,472,298 in additional funding from the U.S. Army to perform on Aug. 10, 2012 under a contract action with $65,889,191 as an overall projected value. The company reported the initial $15.8 M funding of that contract action on June 1, 2012.

From AeroVironment, Inc. 7 Sep 2012

Ocean Power Technologies Receives New Autonomous PowerBuoy Grant

Ocean Power Technologies recently declared that it will conduct a new round of in-ocean tests on its Autonomous PowerBuoy by signing a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (“CRADA”) with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Science & Technology Directorate (“S&T”). This agreement will promote the implementation of ocean surveillance.

6 Sep 2012

Ascent Solar Enters Collaboration for Solar-Driven UAS

Ascent Solar Technologies has recently declared its partnership with Silent Falcon UAS Technologies and Bye Aerospace for delivering its lightweight, versatile copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaics that will drive the Silent Falcon unmanned aerial system (UAS).

6 Sep 2012

UK Defense Minister Visits Northrop Grumman’s Unmanned Ground System Facility in Coventry

Peter Luff MP, the Minister for Defense Equipment, Support and Technology and Peter Worrall, Chief of Materiel (Joint Enablers), have visited Northrop Grumman’s unmanned ground system production facility located in Coventry, United Kingdom.

3 Sep 2012

Liquid Robotics’ Autonomous Marine Robot Defeats Hurricane Isaac

Liquid Robotics, innovator of the first wave powered autonomous marine robot Wave Glider, declared that its Gulf of Mexico-based Wave Gliders on a mission to collect ocean chemistry data battled Hurricane Isaac.

From Liquid Robotics 3 Sep 2012