Aurora Flight Sciences, Manassas, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,038,090) developed by Richard Wilson, Beverly, Mass., and Adam Woodworth, Melrose, Mass., for a “system and method for the retrieval of a smaller unmanned aerial vehicle by a larger unmanned aerial vehicle.” The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A system and...
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, and Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the organizations have formed a strategic alliance to integrate AAI’s Universal Ground Control Station (UGCS) and other ground control technologies with Aurora’s Orion UAS and Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA). This pairing supports medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) missions...
Aurora Flight Sciences was recently selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the Manufacturing Technologies for Remotely Piloted Vehicles (MaTeR) program. Over the next eighty-four months, Aurora will develop and improve manufacturing processes for all aspects of Remotely Piloted Vehicles/Aircraft (RPVs/RPA), which includes both the airborne and ground components. Aurora’s initial work will focus on affordable airframe...
Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor David Mindell will be a scholar-in-residence at Aurora during the next year. Professor Mindell will work on several research projects at Aurora’s R&D Center during his sabbatical from MIT. Professor Mindell is the Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing, and Professor of Aeronautics and...
BRIDGEPORT, WV, Aug 10, 2011 Aurora Flight Sciences was recognized by Northrop Grumman Corporation for its outstanding support as a key supplier on the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk program and the U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) was the keynote speaker at today’s event which was held at Aurora’s manufacturing facility in...
Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that its Centaur optionally-piloted aircraft has successfully completed its first fully automatic landings. The tests were conducted at Warrenton, Virginia. Aurora designed Centaur to fly as a normal manned aircraft, as an unmanned air vehicle (UAV), or in a “hybrid manned/unmanned” mode in which control may be transferred between an onboard crew and ground-based...
NASA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a contract to develop Small Probes for Orbital Return of Experiments (SPORE). Aurora Flight Sciences has teamed with Georgia Institute of Technology to develop SPORE within the NASA Small Business Technology Transfer program. The SPORE flight system architecture will utilize a modular design approach to provide low-cost on-orbit operation and recovery of small...
MANASSAS, VA Aurora Flight Sciences announced that it has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation to design and build prototype airframes as part of the S-97 RAIDER™ program. Aurora’s design and manufacturing role will take place over the next several years. Applying Sikorsky structural design methodologies, Aurora engineers will design the airframe to meet challenging weight, strength, and stiffness...
MANASSAS, VA–(Marketwire – March 07, 2011) – Aurora Flight Sciences announced that it has been named “Supplier of the Year” for its work on aerostructures by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. The award was announced by Al Altieri, Sikorsky Vice President of Supply Management on January 28, 2011 at Sikorsky’s annual supplier conference. “Aurora is proud to receive this recognition for...
The Ministry of Defence, Government of India, intends to procure Micro UAS to carry out Intelligence, Surveillance, Recce missions. They will be used by the Indian Air Force and be sub 2kg craft. The bigger Honeywell T Hawk, (Dusty Bin) has been shown on two occasions in India and this RFI is also shadowed by a similar requirement for...
