AUVSI news syndication http://www.auvsi.org http://www.netstrategies.com NetStrategies site syndication http://www.auvsi.org/news/index.cfm#News1774 Main - Latest News AeroVironment, Inc. announced the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has selected Puma AE as its All Environment Capable Variant (AECV) solution to the Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) requirement. http://www.auvsi.org/news/index.cfm#News1773 Main - Latest News On the path to automating aircraft carriers, a defense company this month successfully tested unmanned technology in a subscale model F/A-18 aircraft. http://www.auvsi.org/news/index.cfm#News1772 Main - Latest News Though terrorists have yet to acquire unmanned technology, smaller world states continue to purchase drones to modernize their militaries. http://www.auvsi.org/news/index.cfm#News1771 Main - Latest News One of humanity's most advanced unmanned vehicles faltered this week as NASA engineers scrambled to fix a software bug that cost the Phoenix Lander a day's work on Mars. http://www.auvsi.org/news/index.cfm#News1770 Main - Latest News A Chinese company developed a prototype for an unmanned vehicle likened to a UFO for its disk-like appearance and ability to hover in mid-air. http://www.auvsi.org/news/index.cfm#News1769 Main - Latest News On Monday, June 9, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), in cooperation with NATO, DoD and TTCP, will host a day-long workshop to address standards for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to address four areas for UAS standards: Interoperability and Standardization; Airspace Management; Payload and Sensor Integration; and Frequency Spectrum Management. http://www.auvsi.org/news/index.cfm#News1768 Main - Latest News QinetiQ North America announced that the Foster-Miller subsidiary of its Technology Solutions Group has been awarded a new $400 million contract for additional TALON robots and replacement parts for service in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://www.auvsi.org/news/index.cfm#News1767 Main - Latest News John D. Lambert recently joined Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, Va., as Senior Director for Tactical Systems. He will be responsible for customer advocacy, business development and strategic planning for Aurora's line of tactical unmanned aerial systems: the GoldenEye UAS and the Excalibur UCAV. http://www.auvsi.org/news/index.cfm#News1766 Main - Latest News Researchers at the University of California in San Diego are using unmanned aerial vehicles to assess the threat of climate change and to better understand the complex mixture of air pollutants in the southwest skies.