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February 16, 2018

Air Force Testing Small Aircraft Detection Over Washington, D.C.

Concerns Remain After Gyrocopter Incident In 2015

Nearly three years after retired postal worker Douglas Hughes landed a gyrocopter on the ground of the U.S. Capitol in 2015, remaining undetected in some of the most scrutinized airspace in the world, the U.S. Air Force is conducting a series of tests designed to hone its ability to detect small aircraft that might violate the National Capital Airspace.

First Aircraft Approved By The FAA For The FMS

GE Aviation recently received approval for its flight management system from the Boeing KC-46 tanker program. The approval is a result of Boeing securing an amended type certification from the FAA for the 767-2C aircraft configuration of the KC-46 aircraft.

Seeking Participants To Create And Test Swarm-Based Tactics On The Platform

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Northrop Grumman Corporation as a Phase 1 Swarm Systems Integrator for the Agency’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program. As part of the program, Northrop Grumman will launch its first open architecture test bed and is seeking participants to create and test their own swarm-based tactics on the platform. Northrop Grumman is teamed with Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) and the Interactive Computing Experiences Research Cluster, directed by Dr. Joseph LaViola at the University of Central Florida.