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August 22, 2014
Europe Puts First FOC Satellites into Orbit

After 20 years of discussion, conceptualization, political struggle, and technical reverses, Europe has placed its first two fully operational capability (FOC) Galileo satellites…

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August 21, 2014
Weather Delays Galileo Launch

Due to unfavorable weather conditions of the Guiana Space Center near Kourou, French Guiana, Arianespace decided to postpone the launch scheduled for today…

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August 19, 2014
Virginia: Autonomous Technology

David Schmale, an associate professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech uses unmanned aircraft to take samples of…

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August 19, 2014
Texas: Marine Applications

An unmanned aircraft captures attention on the Corpus Christi campus. 1. The Team

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August 19, 2014
North Dakota: Communications and Electronics

A University of North Dakota researcher totes a ScanEagle during a day of testing. 1. The Team The state’s lieutenant governor chairs the…

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August 19, 2014
New York: Testing and Evaluation

1. The Team Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) Alliance leads a consortium of more than 50 universities, companies and facilities supporting testing on unmanned…

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August 18, 2014
Despite Congressional Support, 2015 GPS Budget Drops

Members of Congress mapped out some rare common ground with both House and the Senate appropriators agreeing to not only fully fund nearly…

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August 18, 2014
Digital Nav Payload Emerges as Factor in GPS III Re-Bid

The advantages of a digital navigation payload, a technology singled out by both the House and Senate for $20 million worth of research…

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August 15, 2014
General Hyten Takes Command of AFSPC

Gen. John Hyten. USAF photo General John E. Hyten became the 16th commander of Air Force Space Command, in a change-of-command ceremony at…

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August 15, 2014
As Galileo FOCs Near Launch, EC Holds Public Consultation on Open Service ICD

Installation of Galileo FOC satellite “Doresa” on the payload dispenser system. The first of two Galileo navigation satellites has been integrated on its…

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August 15, 2014
Schools Square Off to Serve as FAA’s New UAS Center of Excellence.

Universities must declare by August 22 if they will seek to lead a new federal research effort on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), a…

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August 15, 2014
DoT Sets Workshop on GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) will host a workshop on September 18 to discuss implementation of a GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility (ABC)…

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August 8, 2014
DARPA seeks bids for ‘upward falling payloads’ project

This artist’s concept shows a potential communications application of an upward falling payload. The pentagon’s most creative research agency is seeking its second…

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August 8, 2014
UAS Center of Excellence solicitation to be released in May

The new Center of Excellence will do research to support the Federal Aviation Administration as it works to integrate unmanned aircraft into the…

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August 8, 2014
Nine teams enter NASA’s $500,000 sense-and-avoid Challenge

Nine teams of students and private sector inventors will compete this fall to see who can build the best detect-and-avoid system for small…

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