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Army Tests Sikorsky-DARPA Autonomous Flight System on Modified Commercial Helicopter

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 Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System program. Lockheed said Monday Army pilots tested the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft — a modified version of the S-76B commercial helicopter — and onboard MATRIX system through automated takeoff […] More

by Monica Jackson October 30, 2018, 11:30 am
in C4ISR News, Industry News

Insitu 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. Insitu said Tuesday multiple FAA teams visited the UAS maker’s Bingen, Wash., headquarters and examined its “detect-and-avoid” capability plan, model-based engineering process and safety management system. Agency personnel witnessed launch-to-capture […] More

by Brenda Marie Rivers October 23, 2018, 7:15 am
in Government Technology, News

D13, 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. The partnership will provide patents rights to D13 to integrate its MESMER counter-UAS system with radar, electro-optical/infrared, radio frequency, acoustics and other sensors to build a platform designed to mitigate commercial […] More

by Jane Edwards October 18, 2018, 4:40 am
in Featured, General, Industry News, News

PAE ISR to Demonstrate Resolute Eagle UAS Under NASA Agreement; Beth Beach Quoted

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 skies. The company said Tuesday it will demonstrate the Resolute Eagle in 2020 and work with other firms such as Fortem Technologies, […] More

by Nichols Martin October 17, 2018, 4:50 am
in News, Space News

MTSI, NASA to Work on Autonomous Aircraft Framework Under Space Act Agreement; Kevin Robinson Quoted

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and NASA have agreed to team up to build a framework that could be used to secure certification from the Federal Aviation Administration for autonomous aircraft systems. MTSI said Monday it will work with the agency“™s Armstrong Flight Research Center on NASA’s Traveler Project under the two-year Space Act Agreement. “MTSI has partnered […] More

by Jane Edwards October 16, 2018, 5:35 am
in Industry News, News

Insitu, University of Alaska Fairbanks Obtain FAA Approval for Autonomous BVLOS Test Flights

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 flights. The effort will help authorize autonomous drone flights in the National Airspace System, at or below an altitude of 400 feet, Insitu said Wednesday. Esina Alic, president and CEO of […] More

by Monica Jackson October 11, 2018, 4:51 am
in Industry News, News

Report: 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 teamed up to design and propose the aircraft for the U.S. Army“™s Future Vertical Lift program. The service considers Defiant and the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the FVL initiative. Randy Rotte, director of FVL […] More

by Jane Edwards October 4, 2018, 9:09 am
in Industry News, News

FAA 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 controlled airspace. The agency said Monday the new partners under the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability effort are permitted to process drone flying applications. The […] More

by Monica Jackson October 2, 2018, 6:03 am
in Industry News, News

Boeing 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 company said Tuesday its team kicked off in 2015 a series of ground, lab and flight tests to evaluate the performance of the aircraft“™s boom and drogue systems for aerial refueling […] More

by Jane Edwards September 5, 2018, 7:27 am
in Executive Moves, Featured, General, News

Former Astronaut Pamela Melroy Joins SPA Board of Directors; William Vantine Quoted

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 markets. William Vantine, president and CEO at SPA, said in a statement the retired U.S. Air Force colonel brings to the company her extensive experience in the space, hypersonics and […] More

by Nichols Martin August 21, 2018, 8:14 am
in Industry News, News

Report: 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 have teamed up to develop and propose SB-1 Defiant for the U.S. Army“™s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator program that would serve as a forerunner for the service“™s Future Vertical Lift initiative. […] More

by Jane Edwards August 9, 2018, 7:27 am
in Government Technology, News

Viasat 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 with the Air Force Materiel Command. The Ku-/Ka-band Global Mobile Antenna 5560-101 demonstrated its ability to support situational awareness, en-route mission planning and other applications through the use of in-flight broadband connectivity, […] More

by Nichols Martin July 31, 2018, 11:20 am

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