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Lockheed Martin Welcomes Home the Unmanned K-MAX Cargo Helicopter Team

After lifting more than 4.5 million pounds of cargo and conducting thousands of delivery missions for the U.S. Marine Corps, the Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace Corporation K-MAX cargo unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has returned to the United States following a nearly three-year deployment in Afghanistan.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 25 Jul 2014

NASA's Curiosity Rover Captures Flash Images from ChemCam Laser Firing on Martian Rock

Flashes appear on a baseball-size Martian rock in a series of images taken Saturday, July 12 by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the arm of NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover. The flashes occurred while the rover's Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument fired multiple laser shots to investigate the rock's composition.

17 Jul 2014

NASA Selects Proposals to Address Challenges in Robotic Mobility in Space Missions

NASA has selected seven university-led proposals for the study of innovative, early stage technologies that address high priority needs for America's space program.

16 Jul 2014

NASA Selects Four JPL Suborbital Technology Payloads for Flight on Reusable Launch Vehicles

From hopping/tumbling robots to gecko-inspired adhesives, a variety of technologies have been chosen by NASA for flight on commercial reusable launch vehicles and a commercial parabolic aircraft. The selections were made through NASA's Flight Opportunities Program.

11 Jul 2014

Zero Robotics Programming Competition for Middle School Students Comes to Texas

The Zero Robotics Middle School Program has come to Texas for the first time with the help of Dr. Greg Chamitoff, Professor of Practice in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Johannes Strobel, Director of Educational Outreach Programs with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and the Dwight Look College of Engineering.

4 Jul 2014

MTSI Helps Develop Safety Management System and Supporting Documentation for Texas UAS Test Site

On June 20, 2014, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that the Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation, an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site operated by Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, is authorized to begin conducting research.

25 Jun 2014

NASA's LDSD Project to Fly Rocket-Powered, Saucer-Shaped Test Vehicle

NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project will fly a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space next week from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. Several events are planned for reporters who would like to cover this unique space technology engineering test flight.

30 May 2014

MULTIROTOR Service Drone Features Redundant Flight Control and Aerial Geo-Survey

MULTIROTOR service-drone extends its market lead at the upper end of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) technology with fully redundant flight control option and aerial geo-survey with 1 mm ground resolution and accuracy of 4-6 mm.

30 May 2014

Aerojet Rocketdyne to Provide RL10C-1 Production Engines for Revolutionary Commercial Air-launch System

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp company, has received a contract from Stratolaunch Systems Corporation (SSC) to provide six RL10C-1 production engines, with an option to provide an additional six RL10C-1 production engines at a later date, for the third stage of a revolutionary commercial air-launch system.

21 May 2014

Three European Aeronautical Companies Join to Develop Advanced European UAS

Europe's Industry is ready to develop a next generation advanced European Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). After their call for the development of a European drone at last year's Paris Airshow, the three most relevant European aeronautical companies have now agreed on further details for a joint approach.

21 May 2014

Aerospace Robotics News

Lockheed Martin Welcomes Home the Unmanned K-MAX Cargo Helicopter Team

NASA's Curiosity Rover Captures Flash Images from ChemCam Laser Firing on Martian Rock

NASA Selects Proposals to Address Challenges in Robotic Mobility in Space Missions

NASA Selects Four JPL Suborbital Technology Payloads for Flight on Reusable Launch Vehicles

Zero Robotics Programming Competition for Middle School Students Comes to Texas

MTSI Helps Develop Safety Management System and Supporting Documentation for Texas UAS Test Site

NASA's LDSD Project to Fly Rocket-Powered, Saucer-Shaped Test Vehicle

MULTIROTOR Service Drone Features Redundant Flight Control and Aerial Geo-Survey

Aerojet Rocketdyne to Provide RL10C-1 Production Engines for Revolutionary Commercial Air-launch System

Three European Aeronautical Companies Join to Develop Advanced European UAS

What This Drone Detected Over Greenland Has Climate Scientists Rethinking Everything

NASA’s Perseverance Captures Rare Dust Devil Collision on Mars

AI Helps Scientists Detect Avocado Oil Adulteration—No Prior Data Needed

NASA’s Perseverance Rover is Testing Spacesuit Materials on Mars

Open-Source 3D-Printed Robot for Automated Material Synthesis

Why Are There Robots in Space?

An Introduction to Actuators

Your Guide to Smarter Manufacturing with Machine Learning

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