Spring 2012. Retrieved online July 18, 2012 by Janet Perez, NMSU Research & Resources NMSU lands support role for major DARPA project With a wingspan of 400 feet, the Vulture will be the largest unmanned aircraft ever flown in the world, but for New Mexico State University’s Physical Science Laboratory it’s only the latest in a long string of groundbreaking projects PSL has bee More »

July 18, 2012 by Justin Bannister, NMSU News Center Everybody knows that shrimp grow in the ocean. But then again, maybe they can grow in the desert, too. Researchers at New Mexico State University are trying to figure out if a mix of algae and cottonseed meal can make it economically viable for farmers to grow shrimp in the Desert Southwest. “If you want to have fresh shrimp in New Me More »

March 20, 2012 by Emily C. Kelley, NMSU News Center Brig. Gen. John G. Ferrari, commanding general, White Sands Missile Range, visited the New Mexico State University Physical Science Lab and Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Hangar for a familiarization tour last week. New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services Cabinet Secretary Timothy Hale also participated in the visit. “We had More »

NMSU News Uploaded by nmsunews on Nov 16, 2011. In September, NMSU announced it had entered a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to assist in the development and lead the flight-testing of the Vulture unmanned aerial vehicle, the prime contractor of which is Boeing. The Vulture II will have a 400-foot wingspan and weigh between 5,000 and 7,000 pounds. Novem More »

NMSU News: NMSU announces contract to flight test Vulture unmanned aerial vehicle NMSUnews Uploaded by nmsunews on Mar 26, 2012 New Mexico State University on Sept. 30, 2011, announced that its Physical Science Laboratory is partnering with the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in developing and testing DARPA's Vulture unmanned aerial vehicle program. The More »

March 1, 2010. Retrieved online: March 1, 2010 from Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES — Ground-based, unmanned military vehicles are not a dream of the distant future. Companies are working on the technology right now. "They are autonomous systems that have a lead vehicle and the other vehicles following like ducklings in a row; that way the number of vehicles that have to More »

February 16, 2010 by Justin Bannister NMSU NewsCenter Registration is now open for New Mexico State University’s 2nd Annual National Security Technology Conference, hosted by NMSU’s Arrowhead Center National Security Technology Incubator. The conference will take place March 2-4 at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces and will feature a special opening address from former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici More »

January 13, 2010 by Christina Pheley NMSU NewsCenter Join New Mexico State University’s award-winning Model United Nations team for “A Night at the U.N.,” Wednesday, Jan. 20, featuring former U.S. Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, and help send the team to compete at U.N. Headquarters in New York City. The benefit banquet, sponsored by NMSU’s International Relations Institute and t More »

Jan. 14, 2009 by Bryant Million NMSU News Center New Mexico State University Career Services will hold the Career Connections 2009 to offer students an opportunity to meet with employers on Tuesday, Jan. 27, and Wednesday, Jan. 28. The career fair will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day in the Corbett Center Student Union Ballrooms. Students can expect to meet with representatives from Boeing More »