AeroVironment

Week Ahead: Vehicle sales figures out on Tuesday

MONDAY U.S. stock and bond market will be closed for Labor Day. TUESDAY Institute for Supply Management will report its manufacturing index for August. U.S. Commerce Department will release construction spending for July. Automakers will report on vehicle sales for August. Earnings reports for Campbell Soup, Pep Boys, Biomerieux, Finisar, Francesca’s Holdings, Guideware Software, Netsol [...]

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Tiny spy planes could mimic birds, insects

JULIE WATSON, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — You’ll never look at hummingbirds the same again. The Pentagon has poured millions of dollars into the development of tiny drones inspired by biology, each equipped with video and audio equipment that can record sights and sounds. They could be used to spy, but also to locate [...]

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Matt Keennon, program director at AeroVironment, demonstrates a tiny, drone aircraft known as the "nano-hummingbird," during a briefing at the company's facility in Simi Valley, Calif., Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

VIDEO: Developers showcase hummingbird-shaped drone

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A project manager has demonstrated a tiny spy plane with flapping wings like a hummingbird. Matt Keennon of AeroVironment showed off the high-tech device Friday to journalists at company facilities in Simi Valley. The aircraft with a 6.5-inch wing span can record sights and sounds on a video camera in [...]

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