I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Two New Mexico-based technology firms have been awarded nearly $4 million in research grants as part of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration project to the update unmanned flight program.
The Dryden Flight Research Center of Edwards Air Force Base in Calif. granted LE Tech of Santa Fe and Honeywell International of Albuquerque $2.9 million and $942,000. The Santa Fe company is charged with budget forecasting and cost assessment, while Honeywell will look into developing traffic models that assess safety and flight pattern risks.
In total, The Dryden Center distributed roughly $12 million in grants to six firms as part of its mission to expand and make safer unmanned aircraft while helping policy makers understand the available technology and its limitations.
From a Dryden Center press release:
Current Federal Aviation Administration safety of flight rules and certification standards were written with the assumption of having a pilot aboard the aircraft. These standards limit operation of unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace. The goal…is to reduce technical barriers related to the safety and operational challenges associated with enabling routine access for unmanned aircraft systems to the [National Airspace System].
The awards were finalized in late September.
