DoD Avoids Bad News, Weapon Costs Creep
A GAO report links weapons cost overruns to DoD’s reluctance to report negative developments for fear of jeopardizing program funding.
CSM Robotics Earn Top-10 Spot
The Talons beat robotics teams from Bahrain, Mexico, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico & US engineering universities.
Spring Ridge Robotics Team Competes in CA
League of Llamas, Spring Ridge Middle School’s robotics team, in its first year of competition ranked #1 in Maryland for Programming Skills and 45th in the World.
Local STEM Students Qualify for US Championship
Students from Great Mills and Mattawoman earned the right to compete in the US Open Robotics Championship, to be held in Nebraska.
Quarter-Million in Uniform Overseas for the Holidays
Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey reminds Americans of the hundreds of thousands of service members and civilians workers who do not take holidays off from the job of keeping us safe.
Google Buys DARPA’s Favorite Robotics Lab
Boston Dynamics became the eighth robotics firm Google has purchased in the past six months. Current military contracts will be honored, say Google execs, but the company doesn’t seek to become a military contractor on its own.
TPP Spotlights Member Benefits
The Patuxent Partnership’s “Knowledge Base” provides members access to a wealth of knowledge and capabilities from academia, industry and government sources. And that’s just the start of it.
CSM’s Robotics Team Tops ‘Big Ten’ at VEX World Championship
The Talons, revved up from a successful 2013 competition, host a May 1 open house to demonstrate their robots and invite students to join the 2013-2014 team.
Funding in the Form of a Question
The Great Mills High School Engineering club raises money to compete in UAV and robotics competitions.
Pax Partnership Forum to Examine Drone Ethics
Panelists and speakers will include representatives from the Navy, academia and industry.
