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SSL Awarded $20.7 Million Contract to Design, Build Robotic Arms for DARPA’s RSGS Program

Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, today announced it has received $20.7 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design and build robotic arm flight hardware for the agency’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program.

22 Jul 2016

Astronomers Propose Assembly Robot to Build Extremely Large Telescopes in Space

Enhancing astronomers' ability to peer ever more deeply into the cosmos may hinge on developing larger space-based telescopes.

14 Jul 2016

NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance System to be Presented at 2016 NATO Summit

Just four years after signing the contract at the 2012 Chicago NATO Summit, the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system will be presented to heads of state and senior NATO and national officials at the 2016 Warsaw Summit.

11 Jul 2016

GM-NASA’s Space Robotic Glove Technology to be Adapated for Application on Earth

A robotic glove technology, created to be used on the International Space Station by NASA in collaboration with General Motors, is now finding application on earth in manufacturing, health care, and other industrial sectors. This was made possible through a licensing agreement between Bioservo Technologies AB, a Swedish medical technology company and General Motors.

8 Jul 2016

Drone World Expo 2016: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Launches sUAS Safety and Operational Familiarization Workshop

Drone World Expo 2016, in conjunction with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide, has launched an all new workshop – "Multirotor sUAS Safety and Operational Familiarization for the Commercial Operator."

7 Jul 2016

Astronomers Develop New Drone-Mounted, Light Pollution Monitoring System

Astronomers at Nottingham Trent University have developed a light, low cost system, deployable on a drone, that could help everyone monitor and control light pollution. The team, led by undergraduate student Ashley Fuller, present their work at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Nottingham.

28 Jun 2016

AIAA, DWE Partner Develop New Research-Related Contest in Field of Unmanned Aerial Systems

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Drone World Expo (DWE) have partnered to create the Innovative Drone Exploration and Application (IDEA) Competition, a new research-related contest in the field of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).

17 Jun 2016