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 »

April 9, 2012 by Emily C. Kelley, NMSU News Center New Mexico State University’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems program and its new partner, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), recently completed tests that conclude that unmanned aircraft can be safely and effectively used to assess power grid damage following a storm or natural disaster. These efforts by the NMSU Physical Science Laborat 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 »

November 11, 2010 by Mark Cramer, NMSU News Center The annual UAS TAAC (Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technical Analysis and Applications Center) Conference, arranged and sponsored by New Mexico State University, takes place Dec. 7-9 at the Tamaya Hyatt Regency in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M. Between 400 and 500 guests are expected to attend, mainly from federal agencies, aviation user groups, universiti More »