Weekend Roundup

Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

• The Navy intends to pair its X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator with manned aircraft to see how they operate around the ship and flight deck together. (USNI) 

• Magellan Aerospace, the Toronto-based supplier for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 work, uses a robotic arm with a milling tool to fashion the aircraft’s tails. (Popular Science) 

• California lawmakers have introduced a bill that would limit police and government agencies from using unmanned aircraft to conduct surveillance in the state without a warrant. (RT USA) 

• Using an underwater robot, scientists from the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Geological Drilling Program have discovered a species of sea anemone that lives in the ice of the Ross Ice Shelf. (Live Science) 

• Dubai Civil Defence has purchased 15 quadcopters to scope out blazes prior to sending in firefighters. (The National)