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Astra Space has secured a $7.9 million contract to help NASA launch six CubeSat small satellites designed to help meteorologists study storms. The company's Rocket 3 launch vehicle will carry the smallsats to space as part of the space agency's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats or TROPICS mission, NASA said Saturday.

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.

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.

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

Space Florida has received a five-year commercial space reentry site operator license from the Federal Aviation Administration for the Shuttle Landing Facility in Titusville, Florida.

Leidos has been awarded a four-year, $64 million single award contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to modernize safety analysis tools and capabilities by developing the Operational Analysis and Reporting System (OARS). The company’s prime contract includes two two-year options. "Leidos is proud to work with the FAA to modernize their safety systems," said Fran Hill, senior vice president of Leidos Transportation Solutions.

AAR has been certified under a Federal Aviation Administration program that seeks to ensure compliance of maintenance, repair and overhaul service providers and other organizations with safety management system requirements. The move to implement an SMS Voluntary Program-compliant system at AAR facilities is aimed at spotting and addressing safety issues and trends early for better customer service, the company said Friday.

Raytheon Technologies and a joint venture between Boeing and SparkCognition have partnered to combine their respective air traffic controller technologies in an effort to support the Federal Aviation Administration and its international counterparts.

The U.S. Army has asked industry for information on supply drone concepts as part of the Joint Tactical Autonomous Aerial Resupply System program. A notice published Thursday on the beta SAM website says the service is seeking a first unit equipped supply drone that could demonstrate operational capability at technology readiness level 6, could be ready for use by 2026 and could comply with regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration and the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance and past Wash100 recipient, has welcomed the Federal Aviation Administration's updated rules for the commercial rocket launch industry to ensure public safety while promoting growth of the space launch sector.

San Francisco-based company BetterUp will deliver mobile-based professional coaching services for the workforce of NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration as part of a new partnership.

Aireon has partnered with the Federal Aviation Administration to allow FAA to access and develop use cases for the company’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast data in air traffic management.

Hughes Network Systems has completed testing of a satellite communications system designed to provide helicopters beyond-line-of-sight satcom, Space News reported Monday. The company worked with partners Applied Concepts Group and GetSat to demonstrate the HeloSat system in May, June and September.

LMI will work with Georgia Institute of Technology, Crown Consulting and GRA to help NASA's aeronautics research mission directorate understand the market factors to consider when incorporating unmanned cargo vehicle operations into the national airspace system.

AECOM has partnered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support critical national airspace system operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company reported on Monday. To date, AECOM has completed 63 tasks in 23 states. AECOM’s team of environmental and disaster response experts, supported by the company’s disinfection partners, began helping the FAA maintain continuity of airspace operations after the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S.