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AACUS Makes First Operational Cargo Delivery to US Marines
Aurora’s AACUS Program Honored with Howard Hughes Award Twentynine Palms, California, May 17, 2018 – Aurora’s Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) achieved a major milestone last week when it ...
Aurora Announces X-Plane Technology To Transition to Commercial Applications
Aurora to Expand Research into eVTOL Capabilities Manassas, Virginia, April 24, 2018 – Aurora Flight Sciences today announced that it has reached an agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects ...
Rewarding Work: ONR Autonomous System Finalist for Aviation Award
Every year, new technologies emerge that could change how individuals, companies and even military commands operate. For the Navy and Marine Corps, one of those technologies is the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS)—an Office of Naval Research-led program that can make any rotary-wing aircraft capable of fully autonomous flight, and landing on an unprepared field.
Aurora Executives Inducted into AIAA’s 2018 Associate Fellows Class
wo Aurora Flight Sciences executives were inducted into the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) 2018 Class of Associate Fellows on January 8. Chief Innovation Officer John Tylko and Chief Operating Officer Matthew Hutchison were among the 134 individuals selected by committee to join the 2018 class.
Orion UAS Contracted by U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a new $48 million contract to Aurora Flight Sciences for the continued development of the Orion Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
Aurora Demonstrates Fully Autonomous Helicopter
Aurora Flight Sciences conducted a successful demonstration of the company’s autonomous helicopter system developed under the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) program.
