Milestone Announced At Air Force Association Air And Space Conference
It may not have had the impact, and certainly not the media coverage, of the first flights of the CSeries or 787-9 airliners, but Aurora Flight Sciences announced Tuesday at the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference that the Orion Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) successfully completed its first flight on August 24, 2013.
Thompson: Test Program Must Be Fully Funded For Progress To Continue On Schedule
An Air Force official speaking at the Air Force Association’s 2013 Air & Space Conference & Technology Exposition Sept. 17 announced production and high-priority upgrade plans to refresh its fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers. In his presentation at the at the conference, Maj. Gen. John Thompson, the Air Force program executive officer for tankers, outlined continued progress in the cargo jet’s design and acquisition timeline.
Preliminary Post-Mortem Indicates Impact Did Not Cause Fatal Injuries
The three men aboard a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter that went down last week in the Arctic Ocean were not fatally injured by the impact, but succumbed to hypothermia after about an hour in the water, according to Cathy Menard, Northwest Territories chief coroner.
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