NASA is inviting social media followers for a behind-the-scenes look at several airborne Earth science missions during an event January 25 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
Stanford Engineers Invent All-Carbon Solar Cell
In a major first, researchers at Stanford University have built a prototype of an all-carbon solar cell, including carbon nanotubes. Continue reading
FAA Grants COA to Georgia Center of Innovation for Aerospace
The Federal Aviation Administration has given the go-ahead for unmanned aircraft to begin more test flights over Central Georgia. Continue reading
Planes without Pilots – Designing UAS Devices: Jamey Jacob at TEDxOStateU
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Oklahoma State University Professor Jamey Jacob is part of the university’s UAS team that designs and develops innovative unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter Launch Huntsville-Based Integration and Collaboration Laboratories
Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter, Textron Inc. companies, announced the opening of the Textron Systems Integration and Collaboration Lab and Bell Helicopter/AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manned/Unmanned Operations (MUMO) Capability Development Lab. Continue reading
NASA / GA-ASI Agreement Expands Unmanned Aircraft Capabilities
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), have partnered in a collaborative agreement to allow for the development and flight testing of new command and control satellite link capabilities on a Predator B unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
US Air Force Research Lab Incorporates Solar Cell Technology into Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
An Air Force Research Laboratory partnership with UES, Inc. and Microlink Devices, Inc., has integrated new lightweight, flexible, high-efficiency solar panels onto a small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) platform. Continue reading
MIT Study Shows Distractions Improve UAS Operators’ Performance
On the surface, operating a military UAS looks a lot like playing a video game: Operators sit at workstations, manipulating joysticks to remotely adjust a drone’s pitch and elevation, while grainy images from the vehicle’s camera project onto a computer screen. Continue reading