NASA Launches ‘Ikhana’ Unmanned Aircraft for Initial Test Flight in National Airspace

LTC Greg Henning – ...and nice lookin' too, Sir!

LTC Greg Henning – I have to ask, Sir. Is this material classroom-worthy?

MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy I share this type information with my high school students that are considering the military when they graduate. The goal is to illustrate the high tech skill set required in today's military. This is an excellent piece of equipment.

LTC Greg Henning – That's good stuff, Sir. If it helps, this is what I did at Insitu, Inc.: in support of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) as a Configuration Management Analyst/Consultant—https://www.insitu.com/:

Perform Configuration Status Accounting (CSA) and consulting in support of Scan Eagle and RQ-21A Small Tactical UAS Early Operational Capability (EOC) project. Use SharePoint® Integrated Digital Environment as a CM database to implement plan and realize repeatable and cost-effective quality. Interface/coordinate with System Engineering staff on submitting CM item and Project/Program Delivered Documents (PDD) through workflow for initial release. Baseline/approve technical documents for release per Technical Review Board and/or Configuration Change Board. Verify correct Contract Work Breakdown Structure, document types and numbers, titles, revisions, approved signers, Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses, release dates, revision/version history, and Intellectual Property (IP) markings.

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth – You betcha, Cowboy. Thanks for chiming in.

MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy - You're very welcome.

Sgt Randy Wilber – That is a pretty tight UAS. Having worked for Insitu, Inc., I thought our Scan Eagle was pretty tight, too—https://www.insitu.com/.