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November 06, 2018

Airborne-Unmanned 11.06.18: Autonomous Sikorsky, AUVSI Trusted Operator, Northwest UAV

Also: Drones Deliver Vaccines, High-Resolution Forecasts, Microsoft Azure, Propeller Aero And DJI

U.S. Army pilots exercised supervised autonomy to direct an optionally-piloted helicopter (OPV) through a series of missions to demonstrate technology developed by Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky and DARPA. The series of flights marked the first time that non-Sikorsky pilots operated the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft (SARA), a modified S-76B commercial helicopter, as an OPV aircraft. Sikorsky is developing autonomous and optionally-piloted technology that will ultimately decrease instances of the number one cause of helicopter crashes: Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT). AUVSI has launched the Trusted Operator Program (TOP), a new certification program available to remote

All RS-25 Flight Controllers Delivered For First Four Flights Of NASA's SLS

Thirteen Flight Controllers Have Been Successfully Hot-Fire Tested

Aerojet Rocketdyne recently took delivery of the remaining flight controllers that serve as the brains of the RS-25 engines. All flight controllers for the first four flights of the Space Launch System (SLS) are now located at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s facility at NASA Stennis.

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