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Article: IKHANA UAV GIVES NASA NEW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 29, 2007
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NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center issued the following press release:
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 Nation meaning intelligent, conscious or aware.
"The name perfectly matches the goals we have for the aircraft," said Brent ...