The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking input from industry regarding the development of a solution that would “blend” the capabilities of large manned aircraft and small unmanned aircraft systems. DARPA said Sunday it plans to use large manned planes to launch, recover and transport several small UAS and facilitate greater range, speed and endurance for these …
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The Office of the Secretary of Defense is seeking potential partners from industry, academia and research and development organizations in government to demonstrate their ideas under the Thunderstorm Technology Demonstration Program for fiscal year 2015. This program will focus on unmanned aerial systems with functions to detect chemical and/or biological weapons of mass destruction and on …
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Coast Guard are conducting a simulation-based research exercise with the goal of bolstering security and environmental protection in the Arctic. USCG researchers aboard the Healy cutter are set to simulate an oil spill and test unmanned airborne and underwater sensing technologies when …
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The Federal Aviation Administration has completed its work to declare six unmanned aircraft test sites in the U.S. as operational by giving that distinction to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. Virginia Tech received seven two-year certificates of waiver or authorization from the FAA to help carry out UAS tests in Virginia, …
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The Federal Aviation Administration has kicked off operation of a Rome, New York-based unmanned aircraft systems test facility in a move to fulfill the government’s national airspace and agricultural research goals. Researchers will work to study methods to integrate UAS into the national airspace system and to assess techniques for …
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The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a test airspace for San Diego Gas & Electric to research and train flight crews on a small unmanned aircraft system. SDG&E will evaluate how to inspect gas lines, locate power outage sources and access remote areas using small UAS, SDG&E said Friday. Dave …
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research will work together to build mobile launch and recovery sites for unmanned aerial systems by using small vessels, PCB Design reported Friday. DARPA and ONR have inked a memorandum of agreement to develop concepts for operating long-endurance and long-range …
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The Marine Corps has added unmanned aerial systems training to the basic curriculum that newly commissioned officers must undergo, Defense Systems said Tuesday. Kevin McCaney writes that instructors at The Basic School took a two week course on a small UAS system and will begin teaching how to use the …
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Panelists at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event have called for the Defense Department to re-examine how it is funding work to produce and apply unmanned aircraft systems, FCW reported Thursday. Sean Lyngaas cites CSIS’ Sustaining the U.S. Lead in Unmanned Systems report, which notes decreasing DoD money for drones research …
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry for bids to help build an ocean floor-based attack system that can be deployed on remote command for the U.S. Navy‘s defense operations, Ars Technica reported Thursday. Sean Gallagher writes DARPA wants the robotic pods to be designed to eject drones from …
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