Researchers in the Biotechnology Research and Development Lab at the U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center have been issued a 20-year patent for a 3D-printable material made of a marine-biodegradable base polymer. Using a combination Read More
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $13.9M US contract to Applied Physical Sciences – a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics – for the Sea Train project. The Sea Train Read More
The US Army has awarded Ameresco’ Federal Solutions Group and Duke Energy a $36 million design-build utility energy service contract (UESC) to implement power generation and facility efficiency improvements at Fort Bragg. A major part Read More
The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors will soon open a new office and laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland – The PNT Modernization Office – to develop solutions Read More
Researchers at Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab have built a tube-launched drone that removes the standard requirements for takeoff conditions. The football-shaped foldable quadrotor is fired out of a cannon, unfolds itself, and then Read More
Researchers from the department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas have received a $780,000 grant from the Army Research Laboratory to study the combustion engines used in aerial Army drones. Read More
Horizon31 – a spin out from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – seeks to commercialize a system that allows users to operate drones from anywhere in the world using only an Read More
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a broad agency announcement for the Science of Atomic Vapors for New Technologies (SAVaNT) project. They are seeking technologies for the advancement of high-performance atomic Read More
The Defense Department’s technology innovation unit (DIU) recently approved five U.S. companies for drone production as alternatives to Chinese-made systems. Altavian, Parrot SA, Skydio, Teal, and Vantage Robotics are now all approved to provide Airborne Read More
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a rechargeable zinc battery that integrates into the structure of a robot to provide much more energy. The new batteries are of particular importance as robot technology Read More
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