Former Astronaut Pamela Melroy Joins SPA Board of Directors; William Vantine...
Pamela Melroy, former space shuttle commander at NASA, has joined Systems Planning and Analysis‘ board of directors, where she will share expertise in space, hypersonics, defense and international...
View ArticleBoeing Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for KC-46 Tanker
Boeing has completed the Federal Aviation Administration’s airworthiness accreditation for the KC-46 tanker program after the company received a supplemental type certificate for the aircraft. The...
View ArticleCACI Opens Shared Services Hub Named After Jack London
CACI International has established a facility named after Jack London, executive chairman and chairman of the board at the information technology services contractor. The Dr. J.P. London Shared...
View ArticleLockheed Eyes Hercules Training Center Launch in September; Vic Torla Comments
Vic Torla, director of business development training and logistics solutions at Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business, said in a Shepard Media report published Wednesday the company...
View ArticleGeneral Atomics Updates Remotely Piloted Aircraft Receivers for European...
A General Atomics business has added a provision to the navigation receiver of a baseline remotely piloted aircraft to support connections with the European Union and the European Space Agency’s...
View ArticleSES Government Solutions’ Paul Damphousse Named FAA Space Transport Adviser
Paul Damphousse, senior director of business development at SES‘ government solutions subsidiary, has joined the commercial space transportation advisory committee of the Federal Aviation...
View ArticleViasat Multi-Network Antenna Completes FAA Certification & AFMC Testing
A Viasat-made multi-network, multi-mode antenna has completed the D0-160G certification process with the Federal Aviation Administration and C-17 modified airworthiness certification criteria testing...
View ArticleReport: Sikorsky-Boeing Team’s SB-1 Defiant Helicopter Now Registered With FAA
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has registered the proposed SB-1 Defiant coaxial helicopter as S-100 with the Federal Aviation Administration, Vertical reported Wednesday. Sikorsky and Boeing...
View ArticleReport: FAA Aims to Transition Enterprise IT Network to FISMA ‘High’ Category
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced plans to recategorize from “moderate” to “high” level its enterprise information technology network under the Federal Information Security Management...
View ArticleFormer Astronaut Pamela Melroy Joins SPA Board of Directors; William Vantine...
Pamela Melroy, former space shuttle commander at NASA, has joined Systems Planning and Analysis‘ board of directors, where she will share expertise in space, hypersonics, defense and international...
View ArticleBoeing Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for KC-46 Tanker
Boeing has completed the Federal Aviation Administration’s airworthiness accreditation for the KC-46 tanker program after the company received a supplemental type certificate for the aircraft. The...
View ArticleGeneral Dynamics Receives USAF Air Traffic Control Radio Order
General Dynamics has received a five-year, $23M contract to replace current air traffic control radio systems at U.S. Air Force bases in Europe. The company said Tuesday it will deliver at least 140...
View ArticleMaxar VP Mike Gold to Chair NASA Advisory Council’s Regulatory & Policy...
Mike Gold, vice president of regulatory and policy at Maxar Technologies, has been named chairman of NASA Advisory Council’s regulatory and policy committee. Gold said in a statement released Thursday...
View ArticleFAA Selects Nine Firms to Participate in Drone Authorization Program
The Federal Aviation Administration has selected nine companies to support a program that delivers authorizations in real time to drone operators seeking to fly their unmanned aircraft systems in...
View ArticleReport: Boeing-Sikorsky Team Eyes December for SB>1 Defiant’s First Flight
Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary expect the SB>1 Defiant compound helicopter to have the initial flight in December, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. The two companies have...
View ArticleInsitu, University of Alaska Fairbanks Obtain FAA Approval for Autonomous...
Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct unmanned beyond-visual-line-of-sight and nighttime test...
View ArticlePAE ISR to Demonstrate Resolute Eagle UAS Under NASA Agreement; Beth Beach...
PAE ISR and NASA have agreed to demonstrate the Resolute Eagle unmanned aircraft system within the National Airspace System in 2020 in support of an effort to fully integrate UAS into the country’s...
View ArticleD13, XiDrone Forge Counter-UAS Tech Partnership
Department 13 International and XiDrone Systems have teamed up to pursue intellectual property development related to counter-unmanned aerial systems, wireless communications and autonomous platforms....
View ArticleInsitu Seeks FAA Type Certification for ScanEagle UAS Variant
Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has completed an interim board meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration as part of efforts to obtain type certification for the ScanEagle3 unmanned aerial system....
View ArticleArmy Tests Sikorsky-DARPA Autonomous Flight System on Modified Commercial...
The U.S. Army has demonstrated an autonomous and optionally-piloted technology that Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary developed with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency through DARPA’s...
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