Tag Archives: range

Airborne Range Hawks enabling more hypersonic flight tests

Last spring, the Pentagon’s Test Resource Management Center received requests from two program offices to provide support for upcoming hypersonic flight tests — one over the Atlantic Ocean and one over the Pacific. The flights would be 10 days apart. In the past, the testing community wouldn’t have been able …

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uAvionix awarded contract at Skyway UAS Range in Tulsa

uAvionix, a leading provider of avionics solutions and infrastructure services for uncrewed and crewed aircraft, has been awarded a contract by Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE) to develop the Skyway UAS range near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Through its system integration efforts, uAvionix will deploy centrally managed, networked Command …

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Sky Range hypersonic missile testing program expands to Farg…

Senator John Hoeven hosted Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Director George Rumford at the Autonomous Nation Conference to announce that the Sky Range hypersonic missile testing program will expand to Hector Field in Fargo: Hoeven has been working with Rumford to establish a data processing center to support the Sky Range program. Currently, …

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Hoeven and TRMC plan for $500M Sky Range Complex at Grand Sk…

Senator John Hoeven and Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) Director George Rumford showcased plans for the more than $500 million Sky Range complex to be developed at Grand Sky. Hoeven, who serves as a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, is working with Rumford to fund and advance the construction …

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MITRE opens experimentation range dedicated to small UAS

A pioneer of drone technology and applications for more than 20 years, MITRE opened a new facility dedicated to small uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). The site in Orange, Va., serves as a proving ground for MITRE’s technologists and U.S. government sponsors who develop, test, and evaluate the newest technological advances …

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Northrop Grumman’s FAAD C2 System enables short range air de…

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) system was successfully fielded in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, creating air and missile defense interoperability amongst the Baltic states, NATO and U.S. forces. FAAD C2 provides command and control for their collective short range air defense …

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Upgraded Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS featured in demo

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is supporting a demonstration that began in March and is featuring two U.S. Army-owned Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). GA-ASI – the developer of the GE-ER platform – was contracted by the Army to integrate and operate an array of …

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Hoeven Announces FAA BVLOS Waivers and Outlines Sky Range Pr…

Senator John Hoeven held a meeting with leaders from the Grand Forks community, the University of North Dakota (UND), and the area’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) industry, where he: Announced that that, at his urging, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): Has approved beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) waivers for UAS flights in the region utilizing enhanced …

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US Air Force Successfully Tests Subsonic Drone With Range of…

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions successfully tested the XQ-58A Valkyrie Block 2 unmanned aircraft last week at the Yuma Proving Ground, as reported first by Interesting Engineering. Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have been utilized in combat for about 20 years. Despite being costly …

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GA-ASI to Supply 8 MQ-9A Extended Range UAS for USMC

By General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. | July 18, 2022 SAN DIEGO – 17 July 2022 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was awarded a contract for eight MQ-9A Extended Range (ER) Unmanned Aircraft Systems as part of the ARES Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract on May 27, 2022. GA-ASI anticipates …

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