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Weekend Roundup

By Brett Davis
17 May 2013

A roundup of noteworthy news in the unmanned systems and robotics world this week, including fish-monitoring UUVs, UAS updates and a robotic bartender. ...

Photo courtesy University of Delaware.
  

 


 


Saab Touts Updated Skeldar in United States

By Brett Davis
17 May 2013

Saab is conducting a series of demonstrations with its updated Skeldar unmanned rotorcraft in the United States, showing the system taking advantage of varied terrain to showcase the system. ...

Photo courtesy Saab.
  

 


 


Brazil Buys PackBots for Large Event Security

By Danielle Lucey
16 May 2013

IRobot Corp. has secured a $7.2 million contract from Brazil’s government to provide 30 PackBots to state and local officials for law enforcement in light of many upcoming large-scale events. ...

Photo courtesy iRobot Corp.
  

 


 


Kongsberg Obtains Rights to Sell Seaglider

By Danielle Lucey
16 May 2013

Kongsberg Underwater Technology Inc. announced that it has secured the rights to sell the Seaglider autonomous underwater vehicle. ...

Photo courtesy Kongsberg Maritime.
  

 


 


Germany Backs Out on Euro Hawk

By Danielle Lucey
15 May 2013

Germany has canceled its plans to continue with the Euro Hawk program, a modified version of Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk that was to be used for surveillance. ...

Photo courtesy Northrop Grumman Corp.
  

 


 


UCAS-D Makes History With Unmanned Carrier Launch

By Brett Davis
14 May 2013

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) made its debut aircraft carrier launch from USS George H.W. Bush on 14 May, bringing unmanned carrier aviation a big step closer to reality. ...

Photo courtesy U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis.
  

 


 


NRL’s Ion Tiger Breaks Its Own Electric UAV Flight Record

By Brett Davis
14 May 2013

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory broke their own flight time record with their fuel-cell powered Ion Tiger unmanned aircraft, clocking in 48 hours and one minute in mid-April. ...

Photo courtesy NRL.
  

 


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