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Last January, Congress passed the National Defense Appropriations Act, which included funding to close the St. Marys airport in southeast Georgia. The airport is now slated to close, permanently, no later than July 14. The airport is reportedly closing because of its long-time proximity to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, with the Feds explaining that the airport has been a security concern since 9/11. The city had supposedly been unable to close the airport because of its obligations under the federal AIP program. More to the point; they were unwilling to pay the estimated $5 million in FAA penalties to close the airport. The Faribault, MN
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After Intel made a huge splash at the Super Bowl by providing a drone-delivered light show (albeit pre-recorded) above Lady Gaga, Intel is adding a second act by introducing a ready-to-fly drone development vehicle it is calling ‘Intel Aero.’ The latest Intel debut is a ready-to-fly unmanned aerial vehicle development platform that is a fully assembled, fully functional, quadcopter powered by an ‘Intel Aero Compute Board,’ equipped with Intel RealSense depth and vision capabilities -- and running an open-source Linux operating system. irMap, the developer of an airspace drone management platform, has announced a $26 million Series
'Virgin Orbit' Features LauncherOne Small Satellite Launch Service
Virgin Galactic has spun off its small satellite launch company into a new entity called "Virgin Orbit". Dan Hart has been appointed as the first President of the newly created company.
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