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In 2009, as Aurora developed small vertical take-off UAVs known as the Aurora Goldeneye, the third variant of this family, the GoldenEye-80, was first flown publicly at Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's Unmanned Systems North America trade show. On 5 October 2017, Boeing announced that it would acquire Aurora Flight Sciences.
An artist's conception of the Aurora aircraft (Janes conception, appearing in Advanced Tactical Fighters) Aurora is a rumored mid-1980s American reconnaissance aircraft. There is no substantial evidence that it was ever built or flown and it has been termed a myth. [1] [2] The U.S. government has consistently denied such an aircraft was ever built.
The Aurora Air Traffic Management System is used to manage over 21% of the world's airspace. Aurora supports oceanic, en route, approach, and tower control. It also features advanced flight and surveillance data processing, advanced conflict prediction, clearance processing and coordination capabilities, as well as electronic flight strips.
The December flight was the 18th for the Orion, logging 158 total flight hours. Aurora hoped the flight would convince the Air Force to procure the Orion for persistent surveillance, and the company looked at several other roles including a communications relay and to compete against the MQ-4C Triton naval recon UAV. [2] [4] [5] [6]
The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces in 1943, [5] and was known as Aurora Flight Strip. It was an outlying (supporting) airfield to Portland Army Air Base for military aircraft on training flights. [6] It was closed after World War II, and was turned over for state government use by the War Assets Administration (WAA). [7]
Following a chance discovery in 1963, reserve U.S. Air Force major William O'Dwyer was asked to research Whitehead's claims. He became convinced that Whitehead did fly and contributed research material to a second book by Stella Randolph, The Story of Gustave Whitehead, Before the Wrights Flew, published in 1966. [24] [25]
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On 3 March 2016, DARPA awarded Aurora Flight Sciences $89.4 million to build and demonstrate their LightningStrike concept, beating out the other three competitors. Phase II of the VTOL X-Plane project will fabricate two air vehicles before flight testing, planned by September 2018.