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CTTSO Awards Lockheed Martin $4.6 Million Contract to Continue Development of Maritime Canister-Launched sUAS

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $4.6 million contract from the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) for the continued development of a maritime canister-launched small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS).

4 Nov 2015

DARPA Awards Penn $5.5 Million to Create Fast, Lightweight, Autonomous Flying Robots

The University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Laboratory has received a three-year, $5.5 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency to create new flying robots that are able to quickly and autonomously navigate unknown environments.

4 Nov 2015

Global Military Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market Forecast to Generate $412.5 Million Revenue in 2015

The latest report from business intelligence provider visiongain offers comprehensive analysis of the global military unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) market. Visiongain assesses that this market will generate revenues of $412.5m in 2015.

3 Nov 2015

New Report on Global Photography Drones Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Photography Drones: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2015-2021" to their offering.

3 Nov 2015

EMXYS Presents Conclusions on Long Range Radio Frequency Navigation Sensor Implementation for Mars Sample Return Mission

In the framework of the European Space Agency’s Exomars Robotic Exploration Mission to explore the planet Mars, EMXYS as a leader of a Spanish consortium that includes the Universitat Politècnica de València, GMV and AURORASAT, has presented its conclusions to the European Space Agency (ESA) for the implementation of the Long Range Radio Frequency Navigation Sensor planned to be on-board the Mars spacecraft intended to get back to Earth 500 grams of Martian rocks and sand.

3 Nov 2015

Cassini Spacecraft Successfully Completes Close Flyby of Saturn's Moon

NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully completed its close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus today, passing 30 miles (49 kilometers) above the moon's south polar region at approximately 8:22 a.m. PDT (11:22 a.m. EDT).

30 Oct 2015

Passion for Robotics Turns into Co-Op Job

Bryan Culver ‘17 came to Kettering University in search of an interactive engineering experience similar to his high school career in FIRST Robotics (FRC) and Vex Robotics (VRC).

30 Oct 2015

Contextual Robotics Institute Launched at UC San Diego

The Jacobs School of Engineering and Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego have launched the Contextual Robotics Institute to develop safe and useful robotics systems.

30 Oct 2015

Raytheon to Continue Mission Support for USAF's Distributed Common Ground System

Raytheon Company will continue mission support for the U.S. Air Force's Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) under a new $393 million contract.

29 Oct 2015

Insitu and BNSF Partner to Conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight Railway Monitoring with UAS

Launching at a tower site near Vaughn, New Mexico, Insitu accomplished the first commercial beyond visual line of sight operation with an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in the contiguous 48 states.

29 Oct 2015