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Kay and Associates Gets NASA Aerospace Ground Equipment Support Contract

Kay and Associates has secured a potential $54.9 million contract to support aerospace ground equipment and provide logistics services at NASA‘s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. NASA said Tuesday the contract has a one-month phase-in period, two base years, three one-year options and an additional six-month extension. Work will include emergency and routine aircraft maintenance and mission, aircraft batteries, […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 14, 2017, 7:03 am
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Siemens Installs Online Monitoring Service for Predictive Maintenance at NASA Armstrong

Siemens‘ plant data services division has installed an online predictive maintenance monitoring service at NASA‘s Armstrong Flight Research Center that works to analyze the condition of critical assets and provide actionable recommendations. The company said Wednesday it implemented the data-based subscription service as well as a data acquisition system at NASA Armstrong to measure data on the condition of assets such […] More

by Dominique Stump August 18, 2016, 1:15 pm
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Sierra Nevada Completes Initial Hardware Tests on Dream Chaser Test Vehicle

Sierra Nevada Corp. has completed updates and initial hardware tests on the Dream Chaser flight test vehicle as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA. The company said Thursday it will ship the test vehicle to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center to undergo a second phase of flight tests that will involve tow-tests, pre-flight ground evaluations and free-flight tests in coordination […] More

by Ramona Adams August 1, 2016, 11:13 am
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NASA Taps Oblong Industries to Provide Proprietary Immersive Collaboration Platform

Los Angeles-based spatial operating environment developer Oblong Industries has landed a contract to supply its proprietary immersive collaboration offering across NASA‘s aeronautics division. Oblong Industries said Wednesday its Mezzanine platform works to connect collaborators in the same room or across multiple locations and give participants data and information from multiple sources to aid the decision-making process. “Our convictions are […] More

by Scott Nicholas June 16, 2016, 6:16 am
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Honeywell, NASA Demo Software, Cockpit Displays for Sonic Boom Prediction; Brett Pauer Comments

Honeywell and NASA have developed and flight-tested a software tool and cockpit displays designed to help supersonic jet pilots predict sonic booms under a two-year contract with the space agency. Honeywell said Tuesday the contract was awarded in 2015 as part of the space agency's Commercial Supersonic Technology Project that aims to mitigate sonic booms’ impact on […] More

by Jane Edwards May 3, 2016, 9:54 am
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NASA to Put General Atomics Ikhana’s Detect-Avoid Tools to 4th Round of Flight Tests; Heather Maliska Comments

NASA plans to demonstrate detect-and-avoid platforms onboard a General Atomics-built Ikhana unmanned aerial system by end of April in support of the Federal Aviation Administration's efforts to develop policies on the integration of UAS with the national airspace system. The planned demonstration will run through June at the space agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California and will be the fourth […] More

by Jane Edwards April 19, 2016, 9:55 am
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Small Business LI2 Lands Contract for Admin Support at NASA Armstrong

Texas-based small business Logical Innovations Inc. will provide technical and administrative support to NASA‘s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California under a potential five-year, $26.6 million contract. NASA said Thursday the one-year base period of performance for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Center Administrative Technical Support Services II contract commences Nov. 1. CATSS II covers support services for Armstrong’s resource, acquisition and financial management offices; […] More

by Anna Forrester October 22, 2015, 6:39 am
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NASA Test Flies Drone Equipped with Collision Avoidance Sensors

NASA and three aeronautical technology firms have collaborated to demonstrate the collision avoidance functions of an Ikhana unmanned aerial system at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, California. Ikhana worked to alert a remote pilot or maneuvered itself to avoid approaching aircraft while it flew over California’s high desert region, NASA said Thursday. […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman September 21, 2015, 6:49 am
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NASA, Govt & Industry Partners Test Collision Avoidance Functions on UAS

NASA and its partners General Atomics, Honeywell International and the Federal Aviation Administration are conducting a series of tests under the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System program. The space agency said Tuesday the team will perform tests on several UAS at the Armstrong Flight Research Center through July. Previous tests under the first phase have […] More

by Anna Forrester June 24, 2015, 8:41 am
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Rockwell Collins, NASA to Develop Cockpit Display for Sonic Boom Path Study

Rockwell Collins will work with NASA to develop a conceptual cockpit display that will depict a sonic boom over land under a two-year contract in support of the space agency’s High Speed Project. The company said Thursday its Advanced Technology Center will collaborate with the Armstrong Flight Research Center for efforts to help pilots of future supersonic civil transport aircraft mitigate a sonic boom’s […] More

by Anna Forrester May 15, 2015, 8:42 am

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