ACE Hosts Family STEM Event With Flying Opportunities

A family tradition at the Sun 'n Fun Expo Campus, Wings 'n Things has been reimagined! With exciting hands-on activities that introduce tomorrow’s technologies, children of all ages will be given a free introduction to the wonders of Aerospace. Offered through the Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE), this year’s event is being co-hosted with the Women in Aviation Lakeland Chapter in celebration of Girls in Aviation Day, a Women in Aviation International Event. Numerous hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activities are planned such as stomp rocket launches, weather studies, solar observations, drone demonstrations, and a tour of a REAL a Boeing 727.

First Flight Planned For 2020

Triumph Group has delivered key engine throttle control system components for XB-1, Boom Supersonic's demonstrator aircraft. The engine throttle control system supports XB-1's final assembly and ground testing, as it prepares for first flight in 2020.

Special Operations Teams Benefit From Indago 3 Unmanned Quadcopter On Wave Relay MANET

Persistent Systems, LLC (“Persistent”) has announced that Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies (LMPT) joined the Wave Relay Ecosystem, an industry alliance of unmanned platform and sensor manufacturers using Persistent’s Wave Relay mobile ad hoc network (MANET).

Recommends U.S. And Canadian Lawmakers Appropriate Targeted Funds To Federal Aviation Agencies, And Extend Interdiction Authority To Trained State And Local Law Enforcement Agencies

The Blue Ribbon Task Force on UAS Mitigation at Airports released its report on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) integration, detection, identification, and mitigation in and around airports. The Task Force, jointly commissioned in April 2019 by Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), recommends the U.S. Congress appropriate more funds to the FAA, the Canadian Cabinet appropriate more targeted funds to Transport Canada, and both legislative bodies extend UAS interdiction authority to trained state and local l

Incident Occurred In Alaska In March, 2018

The NTSB has released a factual report from an accident which occurred on March 20, 2018, about 1942 Alaska daylight time involving a wheel-equipped, twin-engine, turbine-powered de Havilland DHC-6 (Twin Otter) airplane, N716JP, which struck a pedestrian after takeoff from a remote, sea ice airstrip, about 140 miles north of Deadhorse, Alaska. The pedestrian sustained serious injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage.