SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Utica, New York campus will host an all-day drone competition on April 15, 2018 that will be open to the public. Teams of two to five members will operate their drones within […]
The Czech Republic’s army recently announced it is planning to open a space surveillance center to assess and process satellite and aerial images for the military intelligence service (VZ) as well as NATO. The center […]
Dr. Vijay Kumar, researcher and dean of the University of Pennsylvania engineering school, and his team have been working on “swarms” of drones which don’t rely on motion capture or GPS – essentially navigating on […]
A recent paper published in the journal Disability and Rehabilitation examines the potential benefits of using virtual reality (VR) to help paralyzed individuals improve their mobility. Using feedback from both patients and providers, researchers created […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has estimated that by 2021, the fleet of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) will reach 4 million. The primary obstacle to integrating routine RPA operations in the National Airspace System (NAS) […]
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is leading a team of private companies that propose to set up a network of distribution centers that would use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to make medical deliveries […]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has contracted Northrop Grumman Corp. to deliver Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) support services. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract – valued at $75 million US – was awarded by the U.S. Air […]
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