Source: Eurasia Review
The Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures (TCBMs) in Outer Space Activities is an important United Nations (UN) platform for space security. The UN had established the present GGE in 2011 and during July 201 ...
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Source: iStockAnalyst
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 20 (UPI) -- Israel's high-tech defense industry leads the world in exporting unmanned aerial vehicles, a new study says, while UAV designers are reported to be moving toward developing drones so ...
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Source: Government Computer News
The Office of Naval Research has developed software that acts as a universal remote control for unmanned vehicles, whether they be in the air, on the ground or under water. ONR’s Universal Character Set (UCS-2) ...
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Source: Engineering News-Record
Like a real-life Tony Stark—the engineer-protagonist of the "Ironman" movies—software developer Nelson Paez has created a technology that could help augment and automate operations of everything from military weapons to construction machinery, pushing ...
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Source: Pittsburgh Entertainment
With an army-green paint job and six knobby tires, Crusher rests inside Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center in Lawrenceville. A metal easel nearby touts its attributes: “Quiet, patien ...
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More like this 5 days ago, 10:25pm CDT
Source: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia)
On April 28, history was made high above the California desert. For the first time, a vessel designed specifically to take tourists into space fired its engine and achieved rocket-powered flight, breaking the so ...
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More like this 5 days ago, 2:11pm CDT
Source: Dallas Morning News - Blogs
Use of drones to capture photographs and video images on private property without permission of the owner would be prohibited under a bill passed Friday by the Senate. Supporters of the ban say it is needed because of th ...
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More like this 6 days ago, 4:17pm CDT
Source: Ocean Beach Rag
It’s a sad day in America. The US Navy launched the first carrier-based drone off its deck the other day, off the coast of Virginia. It’s an even sadder day for us in San Diego, as the drone was manufactured – in part, at least – by plants and eng ...
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Source: DVIDS
SAN DIEGO - Unmanned vehicles (UxVs) deliver enhanced information dominance capabilities to the fleet, increasing the utility of robotic systems employed in military operations. Such military operations can range from combat to ...
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More like this May 16 2013, 1:32pm CDT
Source: Grits for Breakfast
The road to hell, they say, is paved with good intentions, but apparently airspace will also get you there. Grits admires the good intentions behind Lance Gooden's HB 912, better known around the capitol as the "drone bill," and I readily grant t ...
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More like this May 14 2013, 10:47am CDT