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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

Raytheon and the U.S. Army Complete Initial Operational Test for Excalibur Ib

Raytheon Company and the U.S. Army completed Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) for Excalibur Ib during a series of successful tests. This milestone moves the program one step closer to full rate production. During IOT&E, artillerymen from Fort Riley's 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery fired numerous Excalibur Ib rounds, scoring several target hits and averaging less than two meters miss distance.

21 May 2014

NASA and Partners to Begin Construction on New Mars Lander

NASA and its international partners now have the go-ahead to begin construction on a new Mars lander after it completed a successful Mission Critical Design Review on Friday.

20 May 2014

Aerospace Robotics News

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

Raytheon and the U.S. Army Complete Initial Operational Test for Excalibur Ib

NASA and Partners to Begin Construction on New Mars Lander

ISS Crew Tackles Health, Robotics, and System Upgrades to Support Long-Duration Missions

PandemicLLM:AI Tool Predicts COVID-19 Spread Accurately

Tiny Robot Duo Could Change the Way We Inspect Complex Machinery

AI Sharpens Global Food Safety with Faster, Smarter Monitoring

Researchers Propose Ethical AI Framework Tailored to Global Public Health Challenges

AI Governance Frameworks for Scientific Applications

Inside the Cross-Sector Collaborations Driving AI in Biotech

Drone Regulations Around the World: What You Need to Know

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