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Article: Ikhana UAS Gives NASA New Science And Technology Capabilities
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- March 29, 2007
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To: SCIENCE EDITORS
Contact: Beth Hagenauer of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center,
+1-661-276-7960 ext. 3449, beth.hagenauer@dfrc.nasa.gov
EDWARDS, Calif., March 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The inventory
of research aircraft at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has
grown by one with the acquisition of a Predator B unmanned aircraft
system adapted for civilian missions. Built by General Atomics
Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) of San Diego, NASA took possession
of the new aircraft last November, and it is due to arrive at the
NASA center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., this spring.
The aircraft has been named "Ikhana" (ee-kah-nah), a Native
American word from the Choctaw ...