An alliance has been formed between AAI Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (UAS) and Aurora Flight Sciences 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 of up to five days with the Orion
UAS, as well as defense, first responder and scientific missions
with the Centaur OPA.
Army Test Flights Conducted At Utah Proving Grounds
A Bell OH 58 Kiowa Warrior has successfully demonstrated several
capabilities that will enable interoperability among multiple
aviation platforms, such as manned and unmanned vehicles. The
exercise was conducted at the Manned Unmanned System Integration
Capability (MUSIC) demonstration, sponsored by the U.S. Army at
Dugway Proving Ground in Utah on September 15 & 16, 2011.
Runs Crews Through Paces In CH-47 And UH-60 Scenarios
It looked like a scene out of a science fiction movie at Fort
Campbell, KY, one recent Wednesday morning as a group of 101st
Combat Aviation Brigade noncommissioned officers trained on a new
simulator for the first time. The Non-rated Crew Member Manned
Module, or NCM3, came to post last week to be used for the first
time beyond the testing stages. The module is a simulator that was
created to train helicopter crews on the rear of both the CH-47
Chinook and UH-60 Black Hawk.
ScanEagle UAS Provides Live, Stable Video To Troops And
Operations Center
AS part of the largest military exercise to date in the Far
North, a ScanEagle UAS was able to deliver a live video stream to
Canadian Forces in the field. Operation Nanook brought together
Canadian Forces, its security partners and numerous federal,
territorial and municipal governments to conduct sovereignty
operations and security exercises in Canada's Northwest
Passage.
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