A subsidiary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates will investigate ideas on how to robotically assemble communication satellites while in orbit under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. MDA said Wednesday Space Systems/Loral will carry out the study for five months under the initial phase of DARPA’s Dragonfly program, which seeks to launch larger geostationary […] More

Antenna Research Associates has secured a grant from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerate Program. The funding will be used to supplant legacy equipment at ARA’s Pembroke facility, Logen Thiran, the company’s president and CEO, said on Wednesday.

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning are incredibly relevant today because they can completely transform different industries and applications. Whether automating tasks, improving security, or making things more efficient, their ongoing progress greatly impacts our society and economy.   Here, we’ve got an influential leader in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Dr. William Casebeer is the […] More

“Innovation is positive disruption…And give us true innovation and solve problems, not incrementally automate the things that we already know how to do,” said the U.S. Army's Young Bang at ExecutiveBiz’s Army Acquisition Priorities Forum on Wednesday.

To gain more insight into the research and development work that goes into various DOD components’ arms and technology production, be sure to attend the Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31. Register here now!

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PickNik Robotics has secured funding in an investment round led by Cypress Growth Capital and Stellar Ventures and will use the capital to further develop its robotics platform designed to enable engineers and developers to create and field robot arm applications.

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PickNik Robotics will develop autonomous fault detection and maintenance technologies for space assets in support of NASA under two contracts. The robotics company said Thursday work under the Small Business Innovation Research program seeks to advance its services for autonomous manipulation, utilization and mission planning in space operations. The first SBIR contract covers the development […] More

NASA veteran Davis Hackenberg has been appointed as vice president of government partnerships at Reliable Robotics. With a track record of promoting NASA-industry collaboration, Hackenberg’s experience aligns with Reliable’s mission to work with research organizations, civil government stakeholders and regulators both globally and internationally, the Mountain View, California-based company said Tuesday. Reliable Robotics Co-founder and Chief Technology […] More

Honeybee Robotics, a research, development and manufacturing engineering company, has landed a $17.7 million contract to support NASA’s construction of the Mars Sample Return Capture, Containment and Retrieval System. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Honeybee will provide manpower, services, equipment and facilities for the CCRS Earth Entry System and its component, the Spin Eject Mechanism, the […] More

The U.S. Space Force has awarded its first Orbital Prime program contract to Space Micro for the research and development of robotics technology that can help the service branch refurbish space system capabilities previously lost. Space Micro said Wednesday that it collaborated with Altius Space Machines, its fellow Voyager Space subsidiary, and Sandia National Laboratories […] More

U.K.-based autonomous underwater vehicle maker ecoSUB Robotics has partnered with an additive manufacturing service provider to develop components of a submarine intended for deep-sea monitoring missions, 3D Printing Industry reported Wednesday. The ecoSUB-3DPRINTUK partnership aims to produce submarine parts that can operate approximately 2,500 meters below sea level to meet the evolving marine technology requirements […] More

Research and Markets has released a new forecast report on the global military robots market that predicts the industry to expand from $16.08 billion in 2020 to $33.65 billion in 2026. The report lists down the drivers for market growth including expanded battlefield deployment of robots and increased funding for robotics research and development, the […] More

Spirit AeroSystems has opened a new research center at Wichita State University in Kansas to advance work on high temperature materials, such as hypersonic weapons, for aviation, defense and space programs. The National Defense Prototype Center covers over 125,000-square-foot of space for manufacturing and laboratory activities such as material processing and characterization work, the Wichita, […] More