Levon Smith, age 54, of Annapolis, Md., pleaded guilty Oct. 20, to theft of government property in connection with a scheme to steal and sell over $340,000 worth of copper cables and other government property used in foreign military operations. The plea agreement was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent...
ANNAPOLIS, MD, Oct 19, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in high availability and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that it has been awarded a new order with a ceiling value of $9.6 million to provide 3-D terrain mapping software and database models as well as training and exercises to...
Kent, Wash. (October 20, 2010) – LaserMotive, an independent R&D company specializing in laser power beaming and winner of the 2009 NASA-sponsored Power Beaming Competition, today announced it will attempt to break its own world record for laser-powered helicopter flight at the Future of Flight Aviation Center located at 8415 Paine Field Blvd. in Mukilteo, Wash., starting Wednesday, October...
The Air Force Times reports:- By Bruce Rolfsen The Taliban are surging toward you — so fast there’s no time to call in an airstrike. You reach for your backpack and pull out your attack plane; within seconds, no more insurgents. It may be only fantasy now, but just wait: A pint-sized unmanned bomber is on the way. The mini...
Dr. Richard Carlin, director of the Sea Warfare and Weapons Department in the Office of Naval Research (ONR), was honored with the 2010 Fuel Cell Seminar and Exposition Award on Oct. 19 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. Dr. Mark Williams, Fuel Cell Seminar and Exposition vice president, presented Carlin the award at this year’s...
The shrine at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh may get an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance as part of security enhancement plans for the temple which is visited by thousands of devotees daily, a temple official said Tuesday. A two kg, battery-operated surveillance UAV, designed and developed by a Bangalore-based firm, was test-flown during the Navaratri Brahmotsavam (held for nine days Oct...
Very much waiting at in the wings and last to the party Matthew Cox writes on the Coastguard Forum about the problems facing the US Coastguard and its UAS program. Drug dealers and pirates beware: The Coast Guard may one day have its own unmanned aircraft for silent surveillance of the sea. By 2016, the Coast Guard wants its...
Good news for sUAS and autopilot makers, according to the Washington Post. Now if only the FAA would play ball. By Marjorie Censer Monday, October 18, 2010 As the market for unmanned aircraft matures, local companies are jockeying for a place within the industry, expecting it to be a resilient part of the shrinking defense budget. Aircraft equipped with...
Joby Energy is developing airborne wind turbines which will operate in the upper boundary layer and the upper troposphere. While knowledge of the tremendous energy in high-altitude wind is not new, recent advances in power electronics, sensors, and control systems now make our technology practical. Multi-wing structure supports an array of turbines. The turbines connect to motor-generators which produce...
The Indian Air Force on Saturday refuted claims by the Home Ministry that one of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) had caused a security alert during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games by flying below its prescribed height. Home Ministry sources had said on Friday that the UAV in question had started flying below 6,000 feet, triggering a...
