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Drones Help Map Glaciers and Wetlands in the Cordillera Blanca Mountain Range

While some dream of the day that aerial drones deliver their online purchases, scientists are using the technology today to deliver data that was never available before.

17 Dec 2015

Northrop Grumman Hosts Multi-Program Supplier Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Representatives from over 70 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) attended a multi-program supplier conference in Melbourne, Victoria, held by Northrop Grumman Australia, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. Attendees represented firms from Australia and the United States, with representatives from Northrop Grumman Australia outlining to suppliers how they can be involved in the company's delivery of a unique range of defence capabilities to the Australian Government in the years ahead.

15 Dec 2015

U.S. Navy Awards Five Delivery Orders to Bluefin Robotics for Ship Hull Inspection Vehicles

The U.S. Navy recently awarded five delivery orders to Bluefin Robotics for vehicles that will increase the Navy's capability to remotely search and investigate ship hulls, harbor sea floors, and other underwater infrastructure for limpet mines, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other objects of interest.

15 Dec 2015

Lockheed Martin Selects SeaRobotics to Develop Marlin Mk3 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Lockheed Martin selected SeaRobotics Corporation as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for its Marlin® Mk3 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) designed for survey and inspection applications in depths up to 4,000 meters.

15 Dec 2015

Morehead State University Partners with Unmanned Services to Create New Drone Flight Training School

The Kentucky Innovation Network at Morehead State University is partnering with Unmanned Services Inc. on the creation of a new drone flight training school.

14 Dec 2015

Skyrobotic's Italian Facility Receives EN9100:2009 and ISO9001:2008 Certifications

Skyrobotic, a company active in the development, design, production and marketing of unmanned aircraft systems (SAPR) in mini and micro classes for civil and commercial use, part of Italeaf Group, has been certified EN 9100: 2009 (equivalent in technical terms to AS 9100C and JISQ 9100 2009) for the facility of Nera Montoro, Italy, in the "design, production and after sales service of unmanned aircraft systems".

14 Dec 2015

Multidisciplinary Group Forms Foundation for Responsible Robotics

Rapid developments in the automation of our everyday lives have prompted a world leading multidisciplinary group of technology scholars to form the Foundation for Responsible Robotics (FRR).

14 Dec 2015

Delphi’s Automated Vehicle Travels from San Francisco to New York

Three months after its introduction at CES 2015, Delphi’s automated vehicle completed the longest automated drive in North America -- traveling from San Francisco to New York. For CES 2016, Delphi is taking active safety and automated driving to the next level incorporating vehicle-to-everything – V2E™ – capabilities.

14 Dec 2015

Autonomous Air Traffic Manager Software to Prevent Drone Collisions

When Jeff Bezos unveiled his vision of drones delivering packages to Amazon customers during a 60 Minutes segment in late 2013, it caught many people as science fiction. Scarcely two years later, drones are poised to become a technology for not just delivering packages, but monitoring agriculture, gathering news in urban environments and even conducting search and rescue missions.

12 Dec 2015

SHOTOVER Debuts Professional Grade UAV for Cinematography and Imaging

SHOTOVER, the maker of high performance stabilization platforms, announced today the debut of the SHOTOVER U1, the world's first professional grade unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the broadcast, motion picture, law enforcement and industrial survey markets.

11 Dec 2015