University of North Dakota Selects Insitu ScanEagle for Unmanned Aircraft System Operations Study Program.BINGEN, Wash. -- Insitu Inc., a Boeing [NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BA] subsidiary, has provided the University of North Dakota North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). (UND UND University of North Dakota UND University of Notre Dame UND University of Natal-Durban (South Africa) UND Urgency of Need Designator UND Union Nationale et Démocratique ) with its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is the term introduced by The United States Department of Defense (DoD) and adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to replace the term Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). (UAS UAS University of Applied Sciences UAS Unavailable Seconds (Sprint) UAS University of Alaska Southeast UAS User Agent Server UAS Unassigned (Telabs) UAS Unmanned Aircraft System ), to be used in the nation's only program offering a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in Aeronautics Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations. "Unmanned aircraft systems are the latest advance in aviation technology and will play an increasingly significant role in worldwide aviation. Complementary postsecondary education programs established to educate and train students for careers in the rapidly developing UAS industry are critical," said Insitu Business Development Executive Paul McDuffee. "The University of North Dakota's program will bring tremendous value to the UAS industry. We look forward to the evolution of this new field of study and are pleased that ScanEagle will help facilitate its development," added McDuffee. UND is a designated Department of Defense Center of Excellence for UAS Research, Education and Training. It used funds provided by the U.S. Air Force to acquire its ScanEagle system. The ScanEagle is widely deployed with U.S. and other armed forces worldwide. Its versatile and wide-ranging capabilities, including low personnel requirements, portability, runway independence, in-field component replaceability, "persistent stare" daytime and nighttime imagery and 24-hour flight endurance make it one of the best in-class UAS. "Our program requires an optimal system--one with a proven operational track record, reliability and effectiveness to support our educational and research activities. ScanEagle is market-validated and well-positioned to deliver to our requirements," said UND Associate Professor of Aerospace Mark Askelson. The UAS system will enable students to learn on state-of-the-art equipment and participate in research activities. "To date, the university's only fully trained operators and maintenance technicians are UND employees and primarily flight instructors. However, upon the U.S. Air Force's approval, we hope to integrate the ScanEagle system into our curriculum and allow students to fly the system against a radar test bed, while learning to operate the UAS itself," said UND Associate Professor of Aviation and Director of Program Development for the UAS Center of Excellence, Douglas Marshall Sir Douglas Marshall (2 October 1906 – 24 August 1976) was a British Conservative Party politician, and Member of Parliament for Bodmin from 1945 to 1964. At the 1964 general election, he lost his seat to the Liberal Party candidate Peter Bessell. . Insitu Inc., a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary, located in Bingen, Wash., designs, develops and manufactures UAS and provides related services for commercial and military applications. With a small footprint and expeditionary ex·pe·di·tion·ar·y adj. 1. Relating to or constituting an expedition. 2. Sent on or designed for military operations abroad: the French expeditionary force in Indochina. Adj. 1. focus for both land and sea operations, the company's family of UAS solutions is serving the needs of the global defense community, achieving more than 230,000 operational flight hours and 28,000 sorties to date. Visit www.insitu.com for more information. The University of North Dakota, located in Grand Forks Grand Forks, city (1990 pop. 49,425), seat of Grand Forks co., E N.Dak., at the confluence of the Red and the Red Lake rivers; inc. 1881. In a spring wheat, livestock, and farm area, the city has grain elevators, state-operated flour mills, and plants that process , is at the forefront of UAS education, research, and training. UND recently initiated the first and only undergraduate program offering a bachelor's degree in UAS Operations. In 2005, the UAS Center was designated a Department of Defense Center of Excellence for UAS. The Center is a key player in ongoing efforts to facilitate the integration of unmanned aircraft Unmanned Aircraft (UA) is a term used in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) definition of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). UA refers to the aircraft portion of the system required to operate it, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. into the national airspace and leveraging its 40 years of success in commercial aviation education, is developing a national UAS training center in North Dakota. For more information on UAS activities at UND, visit www.uasresearch.org |
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