Boeing To Purchase Aurora Flight Sciences
Dan Arkin
| 13/10/2017
(Photo: AP)
.Boeing is planning to buy Aurora Flight Sciences in order to advance its ability to develop autonomous, electric-powered and long-flight-duration aircraft for its commercial and military businesses
.“The aerospace industry is going to be changing” and the acquisition positions Boeing strategically “for whatever that future may be,” Boeing Chief Technology Officer Greg Hyslop said on a conference call with reporters
.Reuters has reported that Last year, Aurora won a contract for more than $89 million for the vertical take off and landing X-plane
Aurora has designed, produced and flown more than 30 unmanned air vehicles since its inception and has collaborated with Boeing on the rapid prototyping of innovative aircraft and structural assemblies for both military and commercial applications during the last decade
(Photo: AP)
.Boeing is planning to buy Aurora Flight Sciences in order to advance its ability to develop autonomous, electric-powered and long-flight-duration aircraft for its commercial and military businesses
.“The aerospace industry is going to be changing” and the acquisition positions Boeing strategically “for whatever that future may be,” Boeing Chief Technology Officer Greg Hyslop said on a conference call with reporters
.Reuters has reported that Last year, Aurora won a contract for more than $89 million for the vertical take off and landing X-plane
Aurora has designed, produced and flown more than 30 unmanned air vehicles since its inception and has collaborated with Boeing on the rapid prototyping of innovative aircraft and structural assemblies for both military and commercial applications during the last decade
