Aurora Flight Sciences

Established 1989, Aurora Flight Sciences is a research company focused in the development and manufacturing of advanced unmanned systems and aerospace vehicles. Headquartered in Manassas, Virginia operates production plants in Bridgeport, West Virginia and Columbus, Mississippi (KGTR). Research and Development Centers are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dayton, Ohio and Mountain View, California. An European office, Aurora Swiss Aerospace, is located in Luzern, Switzerland.

Aurora Flight Sciences is a Boeing Company.

News

Columbia and Aurora to Enhance Aerial Firefighting

May 6, 2021 · Columbia Helicopters and Aurora Flight Sciences (Boeing) signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) to design an enhanced pilot situational awareness (EPSA) degraded visual environment (DVE) flight capability for aerial firefighting
Boeing Autonomous Passenger Air Vehicle First Flight

Jan 23, 2019 · Boeing NeXt program tests prototype to advance safety and technology of urban air mobility. Electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle has design range of up to 50 miles
Autonomous Helicopter AACUS Wins Award

May 17, 2018 · Aurora Flight Sciences’ Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System, AACUS, recognized with the Howard Hughes Award at the Office of Naval Research (ONR)
AACUS Training with US Marines

May 17, 2018 · Aurora’s Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) successfully delivered cargo to US Marines during an Integrated Training Exercise at Twentynine Palms, California
5th AHS International Event at San Francisco

Jan 18, 2018 · AHS International Inc, formerly the American Helicopter Society, held its 5th Annual Transformative Vertical Flight Workshop in San Francisco, California
Aurora Autonomous UH-1H in Quantico

Dec 13, 2017 · Aurora Flight Sciences conducted a successful demonstration at US Marine Corps base Quantico of its UH-1H optionally-piloted autonomous helicopter

Nov 8, 2017 · Aurora Flight Sciences Became a Boeing Company
Nov 1, 2017 · FAA Certification for Optionally Piloted UH-1H
Nov 10, 2016 · Aurora to Develop Unmanned UH-1H
May 27, 2016 · Aurora AACUS Test New Capabilities
Apr 18, 2016 · Aurora Flies Subscale X-Plane Aircraft

Mar 3, 2016 · DARPA Selects Aurora to Build VTOL X-Plane
Apr 17, 2014 · AACUS
Sep 26, 2013 · S-97 Raider enters Final Assembly
Apr 30, 2012 · Aurora Delivers Engine Nacelles to CH-53K Program
May 9, 2007 · Sikorsky Selects CH-53K Fuselage Supplier Team

Units

		Abrev	Nick	From	To
Industry
AACUS

Airframes (1)

Reg	Model	C/N	Built
N432GC	uh-1h	13907	1977

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