The challenge of the DVI study – which lays the base for future UAV programs – lies in defining a UAV capable of carrying out a wide range of missions in diverse theaters, from takeoff in mountainous terrain and in hot weather to landing on a frigate in extremely difficult aerological and maritime conditions.
The solution being…
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RoboBusiness Call for Presentations
Deadline: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Conference Description: Robotics Trends’ RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition is the only industry event dedicated to the issue of applying emerging mobile robotics and intelligent systems technology to develop entirely new products and markets, as well as enhance existing solutions and services. The event also addresses sales, marketing and partnering strategies. The RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition enables business decision makers…
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Robotics Trends, Inc. Announces 4th Annual RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition
According to Dan Kara, conference chairman and President of Robotics Trends, Inc., “We are extremely pleased to announce the 4th annual RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition. The success and yearly growth of RoboBusiness clearly demonstrates the need for an industry event dedicated to the commercial application of mobile robots…
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Center for Defense Robotics Awards Federally-Funded Robotics Technology Development Projects
* Four projects involved teaming PA-based companies and/or universities with entities outside PA
The National Center for Defense Robotics (NCDR), an initiative of The Technology Collaborative, today announced that during the Federal Government Fiscal Year 2006 (GFY06) ending September 30, 2006, it was awarded a total of 15 task orders totaling $5.065 million and in turn awarded 14 robotics technology development project sub- contracts totaling $4.335 million to 13 companies and universities, including eight based in Pennsylvania and five based outside…
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Technest Engaged by Army to Develop System to Optimize Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Performance Tracking
The SmartMTI system will be able to successfully detect, extract and track the locations and movement history of multiple targets in real time within any image data.
Technest’s design improvements to existing MTI technology include: random air vehicle motion mitigation; false alarm rate reduction; low bandwidth surveillance accuracy and efficiency; robust tracking of an unlimited number of targets; and, accurate target…
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Oshkosh Truck Awarded $1 Million from Defense Advanced Research Projects to Advance UGV Technology
Oshkosh Truck brings considerable experience to the Urban Challenge, having competed in each of the previous two challenges. In October 2005, the Oshkosh robotic truck, TerraMax, was one of only five entries to complete the course. Team Oshkosh…
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BAE Systems Completes Acquisition of National Sensor Systems
“National Sensor Systems has nationally recognized expertise in delivering highly advanced electro-optical systems”, said Dr. Ramy Shanny, general manager of BAE Systems’ Advanced Technologies business area in Washington, D.C. “These systems include stabilized gimbals, turrets, laser communications, and airborne optical systems.”
National Sensor Systems’ engineers and scientists specialize in end-to-end design and manufacture of advanced systems and enabling technologies. The…
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Additional $20M in TALON Robots and Parts Ordered for Robot Hospitals in Iraq/Afghanistan
“Robot hospitals” in Iraq and Afghanistan fix TALON robots damaged by defusing or destroying IEDs (improvised explosive devices) and put them back into service within four hours. They are staffed by Army, Marine and Navy maintenance and repair technicians whose mission is to get TALONs back into the hands of troops by rebuilding them with a combination of replacement parts and usable parts scavenged from other damaged…
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Object Management Group Joins RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition as Premier Sponsor
“I am delighted that the Object Management Group has joined the RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition as the event’s Premier Association Co-Sponsor,” said Dan Kara, conference co-chairman and President of Robotics Trends. “The dearth of standards in the robotics field could limit the potential of this exciting new market. The OMG is leading…
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Global Hawk Shows Valuable Demand
Managed by the 303rd Aeronautical Systems Group at Aeronautical Systems Center here, Global Hawk is proving a popular asset. Its mounting flight hours underscore the unmanned aerial system’s prominent and growing operational role and constitute a key acquisition success.
“This…
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