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Squadrons of Small Autonomous Robots Provide Appropriate Light for Photography

Lighting is crucial to the art of photography. But lights are cumbersome and time-consuming to set up, and outside the studio, it can be prohibitively difficult to position them where, ideally, they ought to go.

14 Jul 2014

SDG&E Granted FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate for Small UAS

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently granted San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) a Special Airworthiness Certificate for a small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), allowing the utility to research, test and train flight crews on the UAS in a sparsely populated airspace in Eastern San Diego County. SDG&E is the first utility in the nation to be granted FAA approval for this technology.

14 Jul 2014

Mars Curiosity Rover Drives Out of Landing-Ellipse Boundary

NASA Mars rover Curiosity has driven out of the ellipse, approximately 4 miles wide and 12 miles long (7 kilometers by 20 kilometers), that was mapped as safe terrain for its 2012 landing inside Gale Crater.

11 Jul 2014

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Observes Gullies Formed by Seasonal Freezing of Carbon Dioxide

Repeated high-resolution observations made by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) indicate the gullies on Mars’ surface are primarily formed by the seasonal freezing of carbon dioxide, not liquid water.

11 Jul 2014

NASA Selects Winning Designs to Address Technological Limitations of Uncrewed Aerial Systems

NASA has selected three winning designs solicited to address the technological limitations of the uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) currently used to track and collect data on hurricanes.

11 Jul 2014

NATO Exercise Demonstrates Powerful Role of Unmanned Systems in ISR Operations

Northrop Grumman Corporation has participated in Unified Vision 2014 (UV14), NATO's largest trial of Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) capability aimed at demonstrating and evaluating the Alliance's ability to coordinate and deploy crucial Allied ISR systems.

9 Jul 2014

Demand for Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles Expected to Increase Among Emerging Powers

With a dramatically evolving market for unmanned combat air vehicles, a dedicated forum in London is bringing together military end-users and those that build UCAVs and their components.

8 Jul 2014

Leidos Begins Construction on Autonomous Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel

An autonomous unmanned vessel designed to track quiet diesel-electric submarines spanning miles of ocean depths for months at a time with minimal human input is now under construction and is expected to set sail for testing in 2015.

8 Jul 2014

UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com to Launch New Print Publication

UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com, the online reference site showcasing innovative technologies within unmanned applications, has announced that it will launch a new print publication in November 2014.

4 Jul 2014

Forecasts & Analysis Report on Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Market by product [ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicles) and AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles)], Application (Defense, Oil and Gas, Scientific Research) & by Geography - Forecasts & Analysis 2014-2019

3 Jul 2014