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 »

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 »

Spring 2011. Retrieved online June 28, 2011 by Darrell J. Pehr, NMSU Research & Resources When a Roosevelt County farmer tugs a peanut plant from the rich soil in eastern New Mexico, there’s really no question the plant was successfully grown thanks in part to research developed by New Mexico State University. When an entrepreneur builds a business and creates jobs in New M More »

May 25, 2011 by Dennis Zaklan, NMSU News Center From May 2-4, New Mexico State University’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Test Center supported AAI Corporation’s Shadow 200 Tactical UAS in conducting flights over the skies of Hatch, N.M. These were four-dimensional flight tests in support of efforts by the Federal Aviation Administration Tech Center to further UAS flights in the Nati More »