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Unmanned Aircraft A Controversial Surveillance Tool For N.D. Law Enforcement

January 31, 2012 (In The News)
Grand Forks, N.D. -- In a first for local law enforcement in the region, 16 North Dakota counties... Read More

Drones Fly Into Nascent Civilian Market Ripe With Energy, Environmental Applications

January 25, 2012 (In The News)
As a Russian tanker plowed through the frozen Bering Sea to deliver fuel to Nome, Alaska, earlier... Read More

UAVs Shrink As Technology Grows

January 16, 2012 (In The News)
AeroVironment has captured the imagination of a worldwide audience with news of a major extension of... Read More

The Economist: Civilian Drones Difference Engine: Unblinking Eye In The Sky

January 13, 2012 (In The News)
WHEN drones are used even by environmental activists to track down Japanese whaling vessels, it is a... Read More

AeroVironment Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Featured On BBC News

December 29, 2011 (In The News)
Private companies are developing smaller, more sophisticated unmanned military drones to be used for... Read More

Top 7 ‘Breakthrough’ Military Weapons

December 27, 2011 (In The News)
A kamikaze drone, developed by military contractor AeroVironment, fits easily into a backpack, can... Read More

Drone Maker Came of Age After 9/11 Attacks

December 26, 2011 (In The News)
Drone maker AeroVironment Inc. came of age during America's post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and... Read More

engineering TV: Top 5 Small Robots of 2011

December 19, 2011 (Industry News)
What do a hummingbird, a maple seed and a skate have in common? They've inspired design engineers to... Read More

Energy Companies Eyeing Drones to Survey Pipelines

December 18, 2011 (In The News)
New regulatory recommendations expected to be released by the Federal Aviation Administration soon... Read More