Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Governor Northam Announces 25 New Jobs In The City Of Covington
Governor Ralph Northam has announced that Aeronyde Corporation, a company integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) into a safe and secure full-service commercial drone system, will invest $350,000 to establish a new drone operations command and control center in the City of Covington. Virginia successfully competed with California and Florida for the project, which will create 25 new jobs.
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Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Facility Will Be Used For Training More Than 2,000 easyjet Pilots From All Over Europe
CAE and easyJet have announced the official opening and inauguration of the CAE Milan training center, located near the Milan Malpensa airport in Lombardy, Italy. CAE and easyJet inaugurated the new center alongside local Italian and Canadian government officials. After London Gatwick and Manchester, this is the third new training center that CAE has inaugurated in the last month to support the pilot training needs of easyJet across Europe and its exclusive long-term pilot training agreement with the airline, announced in November 2018.
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Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Also: NBAA 2019 Schedule, DJI Mavic Mini, Department of Defense, Chula Vista PD Drones, Terra Drone
FLIR Systems has acquired the intellectual property (IP) and certain operating assets of Aria Insights, Inc. Previously known as CyPhy Works, Inc., Aria pioneered the development of tethered sUAS. Founded in 2008 by iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner and backed by several top technology investors, Aria notably developed the Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) tethered drone. The company ceased operations in March 2019. World View claims to have reached an important milestone representing a key step towards the productization of persistent and navigational stratospheric flight. After achieving the goal of more than 30 days aloft with full navigational control, the Stratollite completed its 32-day mission over the weekend showcasing its enhanced long-duration flight capability. Prior to this mission, the longest Stratollite flight stood at sixteen days. This
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Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Will Be On Display At NBAA-BACE Next Week
True Blue Power’s state-of-the-art equipment, including two DC-to-DC voltage converters, six DC-to-AC inverters and two intelligent batteries, powers Textron Aviation’s recently-certified Cessna Citation Longitude.
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Tue, Oct 15, 2019
IndiGo Will Operate The Milestone Aircraft
Airbus has delivered the 1,000th A320neo Family aircraft. The aircraft, an A321neo produced in Hamburg, Germany, was delivered to Indian airline IndiGo.
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Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Augments Live-Flight At The Airfield With Virtual Reality Training
The Air Force Academy redesigned its Airmanship program to give cadets more opportunities to experience the Air Force’s flying mission and produce the best pool of rated candidates.
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Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Will Measure Wind And Temperature Profiles For Atmospheric Research
A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) instrument aboard NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite will deliver unprecedented information to help scientists investigate how both terrestrial and solar weather impact the ionosphere, the ionized region of Earth’s upper atmosphere. ICON launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Oct. 10.
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Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Arm Was Severed By The Prop, Authorities Say
A woman had her arm severed by the propeller of an airplane at Key West International Airport (KEYW) Saturday when she tried to help her husband remove chocks from the airplane.
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Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Not The First Time The Wright Brothers Memorial Has Been Vandalized
The copper likeness of Orville Wright at the Wright Brothers Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, NC has been stolen, and the pedestal on which the bust sat has been vandalized.
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Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Vloggers Released In An Apparent Prisoner Swap
Two Australians who had been imprisoned in Iran since July have been freed in what appears to be a prisoner swap.
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