Aurora Flight Sciences

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/13 -- Aurora Flight Sciences was honored by the Small Business Administration with its Tibbetts Award which recognizes technological innovation made possible through the federal government's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The award is named for Roland ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/08/13 -- Aurora Flight Sciences' Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft was awarded the "Big 25 Award" from C4ISR Journal on April 26 during the annual C4ISR Journal Conference. Centaur was selected under the "Innovations" category due to its unique design that permits both manned and ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 04/18/13 -- Aurora Flight Sciences today announced that General Norton A. Schwartz, retired Air Force Chief of Staff, has been elected to its Board of Directors. General Schwartz entered the Air Force Academy in 1969 and retired as the 19th Chief of Staff of ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/01/12 -- Aurora Flight Sciences recently signed an agreement with the Boston area Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (MetroLEC) to establish a program to evaluate Aurora's Skate® Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) by their Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) operations. This program will allow MetroLEC to ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/19/12 -- Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that Mark C. Cherry will become President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective October 1, 2012. Mark succeeds John S. Langford, the company's founder, who will continue as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mark joins Aurora from ... read more

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/13/12 -- Aurora Flight Sciences is proud to announce that Jeremy Hollman, Propulsion Group Lead at Aurora's Research and Development Facility in Cambridge, MA, has been selected by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to participate at the NAE 2012 US Frontiers of ... read more

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/13/12 -- Aurora Flight Sciences was recently selected by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) for the Phoenix program to explore development of a new satellite morphology through creation of "satlets" capable of harvesting key components from retired spacecraft in earth orbit. The goal of ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/07/12 -- Aurora Flight Sciences' Skate® Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) recently traveled to Peru in support of Vanderbilt University's efforts at the Mawchu Llacta archeological site. Aerial survey operations using Skate® consisted of routine survey flights at altitudes above 13,000 ft. MSL using a ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/18/12 -- The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) recently recognized two Aurora Flight Sciences employees for their accomplishments in the aerospace profession. Kai Harth was selected as the 2012 recipient of the AIAA National Capital Section Engineer of the Year Award. Kai ... read more

BRIDGEPORT, WV -- (Marketwire) -- 04/30/12 -- Aurora Flight Sciences has delivered the first pair of forward engine nacelles to Sikorsky Aircraft for assembly onto the first CH-53K prototype helicopter, the U.S. Marine Corps' new-generation heavy lift rotorcraft. Both nacelles will be integrated onto the CH-53K Ground Test Vehicle ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/20/12 -- Aurora's Skate small unmanned air vehicle system (SUAS) was awarded first place in the 2012 Border Security Technology/Product Challenge at the recently held 2012 Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona. The top prize is awarded to a technology or product that ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/16/12 -- Aurora Flight Sciences today announced its selection by Raytheon Corporation (NYSE: RTN) as a team member for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program. Raytheon's PCAS solution aims to develop technologies that significantly reduce the timeline ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/25/12 -- Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the Swiss Department of Defence has become the first customer for the Centaur Optionally-Piloted Aircraft (OPA). armasuisse, an official procurement agency of the Swiss Department of Defence with its own Flight Test Center, will use the ... read more

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/23/12 -- The innovative Synchronized Position Hold Engage Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) constellation developed by MIT and Aurora Flight Sciences were utilized in the Zero Robotics international student competition held today in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and here on Earth ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/16/12 -- Aurora Flight Sciences has joined the Sikorsky S-97 RAIDER™ team that is building a next-generation light tactical helicopter for evaluation by the U.S. military. As an S-97 team member, Aurora is responsible for design engineering and fabrication for the aircraft's airframes. "Aurora ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/15/11 -- Aurora Flight Sciences was awarded a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO) to provide a specialized Skate® Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS), designed for autonomous operations in urban environments. The "Urban Beat Cop" ... read more

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/26/11 -- 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 ... read more

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/13/11 -- 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 ... read more

BRIDGEPORT, WV -- (Marketwire) -- 08/10/11 -- Aurora Flight Sciences was recognized by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) 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) ... read more

MANASSAS, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/11/11 -- 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 ... read more