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Forum Subsea Technologies Signs Sales Deal for XLX ROVs with Russian MRTS

Forum Subsea Technologies has entered into a sales agreement with MRTS of Russia.

28 Oct 2011

High School Teams to Participate in the Autonomous Robotic Boat Race

The Grandville Academic Team Boosters are all set to host the Third Annual American River Race on 22 October at Grandville, Michigan. Twelve high school teams will be participating in the contest. TRAXXAS is sponsoring the event this year.

15 Oct 2011

US Army Employs Sub-Atlantic ROV from Forum for Clearing Ordnance Reef

The subsea remotely operated vehicle, Sub-Atlantic Comanche from Forum Energy Technologies is being used by the US Army to clear the Ordnance Reef a region off the Waianae Coast of Oahu.

12 Oct 2011

Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Payload Market to Reach $2.9 Billion in 2011

According to a market research report titled ‘The UAV Payload and Subsystems Market 2011-2021’ available from Visiongain, the worldwide unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) payload market, which includes detection sensors, navigation sensors, communication devices, intelligence sensors, lasers and radars, electro-optical/infrared and weaponry, will attain $2.9 billion in fiscal year 2011.

11 Oct 2011

Sandia Win Award for Gemini Scout Mine Rescue Robot

Sandia also received FLC awards for the development of the Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue Robot and a technology transfer partnership with the University of New Mexico (UNM). The awards were presented recently in Monterey, Calif.

4 Oct 2011

Air Drone CEO Justin Chapman Provides UAV FAA Guidelines

The aerospace technology consortium, Mundus Group has announced that the CEO of its subsidiary Air Drone, Justin Chapman has written the FAA manual on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the movie industry.

1 Oct 2011

Air Force Research Laboratory Selects Aurora for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Manufacture

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has chosen Aurora Flight Sciences for the Manufacturing Technologies for the Remotely Piloted Vehicles (MaTeR) project.

29 Sep 2011

Research and Markets Releases Report on Unmanned Maritime Systems

Online Research Company, Research and Markets has released a report titled, “Unmanned Maritime Systems- Defence and Security UUV & USV-Markets, Technologies & Opportunities Outlook-2012-2020”.

28 Sep 2011

iRobot Introduces New Version of Seaglider

iRobot Corp. has come up with a newly configured Seaglider UUV. The new seaglider has changes that significantly increase the Unmanned Underwater Vehicle’s volume and mass payload capabilities. It can carry four kgs as compared to the two kgs of the original design. The payload volume is also expanded to 21,000 cubic centimeters.

From iRobot Corporation 22 Sep 2011

Students from Cornell Display Number of Robotic Projects at College of Engineering

Cornell students demonstrated their robotic development skills at the undergraduate research programme conducted by the College of Engineering at the Duffield Hall on 17 September.

22 Sep 2011