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First Major Milestone of Triton UAS Flight Test Program Successfully Completed

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed the first major milestone of the Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flight test program, clearing the aircraft to fly at various altitudes, speeds and weights.

25 Mar 2014

MULTIROTOR Service-Drone Opens in Boulder, USA

MULTIROTOR opens its first location outside of Europe in Boulder. "This step was absolutely necessary to optimize our innovative products for the US market and to provide our customers, dealers, and partners with the same outstanding service onsite as we are known for in Europe", declares Oliver Knittel, CEO of service-drone.de GmbH, Germany.

25 Mar 2014

Unmanned Aircraft Systems May Improve Efficiency of Search for Missing Airliner

As the hunt continues for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, a Kansas State University Salina aviation professor says using unmanned aircraft systems could make the search more efficient.

24 Mar 2014

ROV Helps Recover Missing Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Seafaring robots can explore expanses of the ocean where data collection might otherwise prove costly, time-consuming and dangerous. Like any intrepid explorer, however, they can lose their way.

24 Mar 2014

Lockheed Martin, Warsaw Polytechnic Partner to Study Integration between Manned-Unmanned Airborne Platform Systems

Lockheed Martin and Politechnika Warszawska (Warsaw Polytechnic) will jointly conduct an advanced applied research program in the field of integration between manned and unmanned airborne platform systems.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 21 Mar 2014

Global Hawk Block 40 UAS Delivered to USAF Ahead of Schedule

Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered a Global Hawk Block 40 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the U.S. Air Force at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., ahead of schedule, Feb. 14.

21 Mar 2014

Drones Voice Secrets and Struggles through Music

What’s the best way to make music with drones? According to David Rothenberg, an experimental musician, professor of philosophy and music, and visiting artist for Arizona State University’s Emerge 2014: The Carnival of the Future, let them give voice to their own secrets and struggles.

21 Mar 2014

UAV Helps Assess Radiological Hazards Across the Nuclear Industry

When a heart gets damaged, such as during a major heart attack, there's no easy fix. But scientists working on a way to repair the vital organ have now engineered tissue that closely mimics natural heart muscle that beats, not only in a lab dish but also when implanted into animals. They presented their latest results at the 247th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society.

19 Mar 2014

Adam Steltzner to Present on Mars Curiosity Rover at Washington University

NASA called it “seven minutes of terror.” In August 2012, the world watched to see if the Mars Curiosity rover, a one-ton robot hurtling toward the red planet at 13,200 mph, would gently land on the surface or explode on contact. The planned landing allowed for zero margin of error.

18 Mar 2014

ASU and CAE Partner for Unmanned Aerial System Training

Arizona State University has announced a partnership with CAE, the global leader in modeling, simulation and training, to advance research, education and training related to unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the academic, government and private sectors.

18 Mar 2014