Navy Triton unmanned aircraft system completes first flight

The Navy’s newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System, completed its first flight from Palmdale, Calif., May 22

Navy, Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS enters production phase

Navy photograph RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System in flight after launching from USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) in February 2013. The Department of the Navy recently announced that the unmanned air system received Milestone C approval authorizing the start of low rate initial production. The Department of the Navy announced May 15 that the…

F-35 ITF works towards night, weather certification

Lockheed Martin photograph by Tom Reynolds The F-35 Integrated Test Force is completing a series of night flights, testing the ability to fly the jet safely in instrument meteorological conditions where the pilot has no external visibility references. The ITF, which has the lead on all F-35 mission systems testing, is responsible for five of…

UAV pilots maintain situational awareness above battlefield

Unmanned aerial vehicle pilots maintain an "eye-in-the-sky" view providing real-time surveillance high above the battlefield in order to keep Soldiers safe from unexpected "enemy" attacks, at the U.S. Army National Training Center, at Fort Irwin, Calif.

Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems achieves Milestone C approval

BINGEN, Wash., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Insitu announced May 23 that RQ-21A reached Milestone C under the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System contract with Naval Air Systems Command. The achievement will enable the program to transition from the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development phase to a Low Rate Initial Production phase and enter initial operational…

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SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA cargo ready for return to Earth

Posted March 25, 2013

More than three weeks after arriving at the International Space Station, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft is ready for the trip back to Earth, now scheduled for March 26. Dragon’s originally scheduled March 25 return date was postponed due to inclement weather developing near its targeted splashdown site in the Pacific Ocean….

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AAR receives FAA repair station certification for New Mexico facility

Posted March 25, 2013

AAR has received FAA Repair Station Certification for a local facility dedicated to maintaining the U.S. Department of Energyís National Nuclear Security Administration fleet of aircraft. The step enables the NNSA, which serves a vital role in national security, to comply with its specific FAA requirements, and it allows AARís Albuquerque team to operate as…

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NASA beings new season of Arctic ice science flights

Posted March 25, 2013

NASA’s Operation IceBridge scientists have begun another season of research activity over Arctic ice sheets and sea ice with the first of a series of science flights from Greenland completed on Wednesday. A specially equipped P-3B research aircraft from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., is operating out of airfields in Thule and…

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Headlines: March 22, 2013

Posted March 22, 2013

News Senator: Time to change military force law The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said March 20 that Congress should overhaul the 2001 authorization for the use of military force to encompass the use of drones for targeted killings. Business Beechcraft moves LAS fight to courts, Congress Beechcraft has escalated its…

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News Briefs March 22, 2013

Posted March 22, 2013

Congress spares military’s tuition aid program Congress has spared the military’s tuition assistance program from the budget knife. The House cleared a bill March 21 to keep the government running. It includes a provision reversing the decision by the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps to suspend the program. Faced with some $43 billion in…

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Airbus delivers 100th A380

Posted March 22, 2013

Malaysia Airlines and Airbus together marked a major achievement March 14, with the hand-over of the 100th A380 to MAS at Airbus’ Henri Ziegler Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is the sixth A380 for MAS. “We are delighted that our 100th A380 delivery is to Malaysia Airlines as this gives us an early…

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New Space Innovation Center to help government agencies ‘launch’ future space missions

Posted March 22, 2013

The EDGE® Innovation Network announced March 22 that the new EDGE Space Innovation Center is officially open following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Housed within the General Dynamics’ Seabrook, Md., facility, the 13th and newest EDGE Innovation Center is less than two miles from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. General Dynamics C4 Systems…

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First international student pilot flies F-35

Posted March 22, 2013

The first international student aviator at the 33rd Fighter Wing training to be an F-35B Lightning II instructor pilot, completed his first sortie in the joint strike fighter at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 19.

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NASA awards contract modification for support At Michoud Assembly Facility

Posted March 22, 2013

NASA has signed a one-year contract option with Jacobs Technology, Inc., of New Orleans to continue manufacturing support and facilities operations at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The one-year contract option begins on May 1. The contract is a performance-based, cost-plus-award-fee, mission services contract with an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity portion. With the exercise…

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Quantico shooting incident leaves three Marines dead

Posted March 22, 2013

Three active-duty Marines are dead after a shooting incident that began late last night (March 21) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. One of the dead was the shooter, who died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said. The names of the dead are being withheld, pending notification of their families. The base provost…

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Navy Triton unmanned aircraft system completes first flight

Navy, Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS enters production phase

F-35 ITF works towards night, weather certification

UAV pilots maintain situational awareness above battlefield

Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems achieves Milestone C approval

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA cargo ready for return to Earth

AAR receives FAA repair station certification for New Mexico facility

NASA beings new season of Arctic ice science flights

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Airbus delivers 100th A380

New Space Innovation Center to help government agencies ‘launch’ future space missions

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Quantico shooting incident leaves three Marines dead

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