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![]() Camp Taji, Iraq (SPX) Jan 26, 2010 Placing a new aircraft in a combat situation is a true test of its capabilities and future role within the Army. Unmanned aircraft systems have become a mainstay in military operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom; injecting new concepts and technologies will only further push the uses of these aircraft. Quick Reaction Capability 1, attached to 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division - Center, is a small unit with a handful of Soldiers deployed from Unmanned Aircraft Systems ... read more |
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![]() Bingen WA (SPX) Jan 26, 2010 Insitu has successfully flight-tested electronic fuel injection (EFI) on its heavy fuel engine (HFE). This achievement is a key risk-reduction milestone for the company's small tactical unmanned aircraft system (STUAS)/Tier II offer, the Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The EFI HFE technology will be incorporated into Insitu's entire family of UAS. Introduction of EFI into the HFE is a technological leap in small engine UAS performance, providing overall improvements- especially in extre ... read more |
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BAE Systems And NOAA Test Coyote UAS![]() BAE Systems, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed the first successful test flight of its small, electric-powered Coyote unmanned aircraft system. The system deployed in midair from a 3-foot-long sonobuoy dropped from a P-3 aircraft. The flight, which lasted 49 minutes, marks a significant milestone in the development of the Coyote f ... more Oshkosh Researches Stronger Ands Lighter Metals ![]() Oshkosh has announced that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded research funding to the joint-venture team on which Oshkosh is a member. The Technology Innovation Program (TIP) funding is projected to be nearly $5 million over a five-year duration. With the team providing in-kind contribution of engineering resources, the project's total value is approximat ... more Nuclear fission algorithm is created ![]() U.S. Department of Energy scientists say they've created a computer algorithm that allows a substantially enhanced view of nuclear fission. The Argonne National Laboratory scientists said the algorithm, known as the neutron transport code, enables researchers for the first time to obtain a highly detailed description of a nuclear reactor core. "The code could prove crucial in the ... more |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2010 China on Monday denied any state involvement in cyberattacks on Google and accused the United States of "double standards" as a row with Washington over Internet freedom intensified. Beijing fired off its latest salvo after the White House said President Barack Obama was "troubled" by Google's statements it had been attacked by China-based hackers, and demanded official answers. The US Internet giant has threatened to abandon its Chinese search engine, and perhaps end all operations in the count ... read more |
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