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December 24, 2019

Airborne-Unmanned 12.24.19: Skyryse Flight Stack, AFRL LEAP, New FAA MOUs

Also: Airmen Certificate Testin, Unmanned BVLOS Operations, UAV Turbines, OSU Drone Grant 

Skyryse has unveiled the Skyryse Flight Stack, a suite of automation technologies that will help the company make safe urban flight mainstream. The Skyryse Flight Stack comprises technology that automates flight in FAA-approved helicopters, safety and communication systems, and a network of smart helipads to ultimately create a new transportation system in the sky. The company also demonstrated the Flight Stack in action, completing a fully autonomous flight – without a pilot's hands on the controls or remote operator – in a modified FAA-approved commercial helicopter. The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) recently successfully

Astronautical Op-Ed: Wakeup Call

Entertainment Is Not In The Job Description Of NASA's PIO

Opinion by Wes Oleszewski, Author and Space Commentator On December 22, 2019 I watched NASA’s live coverage of Boeing’s Starliner CST-100 spacecraft’s reentry and recovery. The vehicle, after suffering an event timer glitch in the initial orbital insertion and thus ending up in a contingency orbit, returned to earth flawlessly. This was a critical step toward the true goal of Commercial Crew- which is to send U.S. astronauts to the ISS from U.S. soil aboard U.S. launch vehicles and spacecraft once again.

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