The success of Ingenuity Mars helicopter, co-designed and co-developed by AeroVironment and NASA/JPL, lays the foundation for the development of the Sample Recovery Helicopters
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NASA Leveraging TerraPoiNT for BVLOS UAM Testing In GPS-Denied Environments
NASA’s Ames Research Center will leverage NextNav’s TerraPoiNT commercial grade network to capture inflight data on drone navigation, detection and…
Northrop Grumman, NASA Team to Shape UAS Integration in National Airspace
Northrop Grumman has teamed with NASA to develop and test solutions for integrating large, uncrewed aircraft systems into the national airspace.
NASA Taps Advanced Aircraft Co. to Develop Tilt-Wing UAS
Advanced Aircraft Co. announced NASA awarded it a contract to design and build tilt-wing prototype uncrewed aerial vehicles to agency specifications.
NASA to Utilize Commercially Available TerraPoiNT Network in SF Bay Area to Further Urban Air Mobility Development
NextNav, a leader in next generation GPS, announced that it has been selected by NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon…
Autonomous Software from NASA Freely Available Online
Many of NASA’s computational innovations were developed to help explore space, but the public can download them for applications here…
Inside Ingenuity with AeroVironment Part II: Challenges Overcome
As of Friday, April 30 (local time), the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter had completed its fourth successful flight, exceeding expectations and…
NASA’s UAM Grand Challenge Kicks It in Gear
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has signed Space Act Agreements with 17 aviation companies to move forward in a…
Grand Challenges from NASA to Stimulate Urban Air Mobility
Jim Bridenstine, administrator of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, announced at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas…
AeroVironment Achieves Successful 1st Test Flight of Next-Gen Solar HAPS UAS
AeroVironment, Inc., a global provider in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for both defense and commercial applications, announced the successful first…
NASA Plans To License Patents for New Power Cell Suitable for UAS
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is weighing whether to grant a partially exclusive license to a patented power…
Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation to Test Drone Traffic Management for NASA
The Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will soon begin test flights for…
Sagetech Transponder Enables ADS-B for NASA DAA
Sagetech Corporation recently announced a launch for transponder and ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast) equipage on small to medium UAVs (Unmanned…
Mars Rovers Could Get Their Own Unmanned Scouts
While NASA’s rovers have provided a wealth of information about the history and composition of Mars over the years, they…
NASA and Nissan Partner to Develop Driverless Vehicles for Earth and Space
Nissan and NASA will develop and test zero-emission autonomous cars at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
NASA’s Ikhana Captures Orion Splashdown
As NASA’s Orion made its way back to Earth from its first test mission, the Ikhana unmanned aircraft system captured its return—making it possible for NASA to stream the parachute deployment and splashdown footage on live television.