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ST Engineering Celebrates Mobile Aerospace Engineering Facility’s 30th Anniversary

ST Engineering announced on Thursday the 30th anniversary of the company’s commercial aircraft maintenance operations at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley. The Mobile facility, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, was established in 1990 and obtained its Federal Aviation Administration 145 Repair Station Approval for airframe maintenance on Jan. 17, 1991, and operations began the same year. “We […] More

by William McCormick July 1, 2021, 12:03 pm
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Palantir Wins FAA Contract to Support Federal Aircraft Certification, Safety Operations

Palantir Technologies has secured a potential three-year, $18.4 million contract to provide the Federal Aviation Administration with access to the software company’s data analytics platform to support the agency’s aircraft safety operations. The Denver-based company said Friday Palantir Foundry will help in the agency’s aircraft certification and current tracking of the Boeing-built 737 MAX fleet, […] More

by Carol Collins June 22, 2021, 12:07 pm
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Amentum Lands $97M Support Services Contract for FAA’s William J. Hughes Technical Center
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SpaceX Files FCC Application for Maiden Orbital Starship Test Flight

SpaceX has submitted an application with the Federal Communications Commission seeking a special temporary authorization to support the first orbital flight test of its Starship launch system. The Starship test launch will be carried out at SpaceX’s Boca Chica test site in Texas to support the company's efforts to gather data to measure entry dynamics and gain more insights into what the launch vehicle experiences in a flight.

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by Jane Edwards May 17, 2021, 5:31 am
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Mynaric Appoints Tim Deaver as VP of Strategic Solutions; Tina Ghataore Quoted

Mynaric announced on Friday that the company has appointed Tim Deaver as vice president of strategic solutions. Deaver has over 20 years of experience with government space programs. He will operate out of Mynaric’s newly established Washington, D.C. area office and will be responsible for creating and marketing customer solutions, in response to the critical needs of the Department of Defense (DOD) and other government clients.

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by Noah Chelednik May 14, 2021, 9:31 am
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Former FAA Official Daniel Elwell Named to Dedrone’s Advisory Board

Daniel Elwell, former deputy administrator at the Federal Aviation Administration, has retained his seat on Dedrone's advisory board. Elwell will help Dedrone develop strategies for the defense and aviation markets and provide counsel on regulatory affairs, the company said Tuesday.

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by Matthew Nelson March 31, 2021, 3:32 am
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FAA Releases Cybersecurity Operations Support RFI

The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking information on industry capabilities to help inform its strategy for the procurement of cybersecurity operations support services. FAA plans to compete a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for such services in support of its security operations center that helps monitor information security incidents and protect the information technology infrastructure of the FAA and the Department of Transportation.

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by Jane Edwards March 15, 2021, 3:42 am
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FAA Certifies General Atomics-Made Extended Range Drone for Testing in US Airspace

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has received the Federal Aviation Administration's approval to test a second Avenger Extended Range unmanned aircraft system in U.S. national airspace. The company said Wednesday it will use the FAA-granted experimental certificate to expand Avenger ER's testing activities for internal research and development, as well as contracted efforts.

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by Nichols Martin March 4, 2021, 5:38 am
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NASA Taps Astra Space to Launch CubeSats for Storm Processes Research
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Former FAA Official Daniel Elwell Appointed to Asylon Board

Daniel Elwell, former deputy and acting administrator at the Federal Aviation Administration, has taken a seat at Asylon's advisory board in an effort to help U.S. drone manufacturers expand offerings.

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by Matthew Nelson March 1, 2021, 5:30 am
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CAE Receives CBP Contract for Aircraft Pilot Training Services

CAE's U.S. subsidiary has received a prime contract to train aircraft pilots of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the company's Dothan Training Center and other business aviation facilities. CAE USA will provide training on fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft in classroom, simulated and actual flight environments to help pilots meet requirements imposed by CBP and the Federal Aviation Administration, CAE said Tuesday.

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by Nichols Martin February 10, 2021, 9:08 am
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FAA Issues RFI for Cloud-Based Workspace Mgmt Tool

The Federal Aviation Administration is looking for information on commercially available cloud technologies designed for workspace management functions for use at designated agency locations.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers January 22, 2021, 5:27 am