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IN THE NEWS

infrastructure design services, " said Gary Dorman, Air
Force client account manager. " We're excited to have
the chance to continue to work with the AFCEC team. "
Project types include planning, design and construction services for MILCON and sustainment, restoration
and modernization of new facilities, facility renovations
as well as utilities and infrastructure.
" Award of the AE Next Pool 4 contract is a huge win
for our team, " said Jeffrey Pitchford, AIA, LEED AP, DBIA,
lead project manager. " We've designed nearly every type
of facility and supporting infrastructure found on an Air
Force installation, and that broad depth of experience
gives our team an edge. "
Pond and CDM Smith have long histories providing
engineering and planning solutions to the Air Force
Department of Defense throughout the U.S. and globally. The team has provided services in 50 States, 6
territories, and in 154 countries.

Triumph Expands Boeing GSE Support

Triumph Group announced that its Triumph Systems
and Support business in Wellington, Kansas was
awarded a contract with Boeing to maintain ground
support equipment (GSE) for the KC-46 program. The
work will be performed at Boeing's repair facility in
Wichita, KS. Under the contract, Triumph will provide
services for critical ground support equipment used
for aircraft maintenance and operations through
October 2023.
" Since 2004, our San Antonio team has serviced all
Boeing GSE at the Port San Antonio location contributing to the teams that keep the commercial and military
aircraft service ready, " said Jim Berberet, president of
Triumph Product Support. " We are pleased to expand
our offering to support the KC-46 program to help keep
the tanker mission ready. I'm confident our Wellington,
Kansas based team will continue the tradition of providing exceptional ground support performance. "

The Royal Canadian Air Force
Launches New Weapon to Fight
Pandemics

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) implements 15
transparent pods, so called EpiShuttles, to transport
infectious patients by air.
The EpiShuttle is a single patient transport and isolation system, protecting both medical personnel and
patients. It also allows for contagious patient treatment
during transport, without the risk of infecting others.
" Our mandate is to provide quality health care in
the air, at home and abroad. Caring for patients with
an infectious disease adds a significant level of complexity; this new capability is an extra tool to help us
bring patients back home or to the appropriate level of
care safely, " said Major Marilou Beaucage, the Senior
Nursing Officer with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)
Aeromedical Evacuation (AE) Flight at 8 Wing Trenton,
Ontario, in a press release.
Five EpiShuttles go to RCAF's primary search and
rescue squadrons. The remaining ten devices are stationed at 8 Wing Trenton.

In addition to RCAF, The Royal Air Force in Scotland,
The Royal Norwegian Air Force and the Royal Danish
Air Force as well as ground ambulance services, private air transport companies and hospitals, deploy the
EpiShuttle.
" The EpiShuttle makes transport safe, reduces cost
and increases operational efficiency of patient transport.
From the pandemic, we have learnt a lot about emergency preparedness and the crucial role of safe patient
transport. Disinfection of vehicles puts transport vessels out of play, and in case of exposure, a whole team
can be grounded for days. With the EpiShuttle there is
no need for disinfecting vehicles. In addition, medical
personnel do not need to wear full personal protective
equipment while transporting highly contagious patients
inside the EpiShuttle, " said Ellen Cathrine Andersen,
CEO of EpiGuard.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Orders Additional Aircraft from SNC

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace
and national security company owned by Eren and Fatih
Ozmen, was awarded a contract valued at $48,304,434
for two additional Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft
(MEA) by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The MEA aircraft provide detection, tracking and surveillance operations in regions where terrain, weather and
distance pose significant obstacles to border security
operations.
SNC has been the prime systems engineer and integrator for the MEA fleet since 2009 and has delivered
21 aircraft as of February. The new contract brings total
MEA fleet orders to 29 aircraft.
" We are honored that Customs and Border Protection
continues to entrust SNC with the development of this
mission-critical aircraft, " said Tim Owings, executive
vice president of SNC's Mission Solutions and Technologies business area. " These aircraft have proven to have
the endurance and special mission systems uniquely
suited to meet the challenges of protecting the United
States border. "

Jump Aero and Oklahoma State
University Win U.S. Air Force
Contract as Part of Agility Prime

Jump Aero Incorporated announced the award of a Phase
I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) research
contract from the U.S. Air Force as part of Agility Prime,
a program designed to accelerate the commercial market
for dual-use advanced air mobility vehicles.
Jump Aero is developing the JA1 eVTOL aircraft
to help first responders get to the scene of an emergency as fast as possible. The capabilities of the JA1
aircraft also have significant potential defense utility,
and the research conducted as part of this STTR con-

tract addresses one of the potential applications of this
emerging technology.
Jump Aero has been awarded a Phase I STTR in
partnership with Oklahoma State University's (OSU)
Unmanned Systems Research Institute to leverage the
high performance of its subscale technology demonstrator as a low-cost platform for the calibration of
navigational aids (NAVAID) and instrument landing
systems (ILS).
Today, ILS systems are calibrated with an extensive
instrument package aboard large, manned aircraft by the
FAA's Flight Inspection Division. The company's partners
at OSU have been working with the FAA to evaluate
the potential of drone technology in combination with
software defined radios to reduce the cost and increase
the safety of NAVAID/ILS inspection. But flying a drone
on final approach would typically require runway closure.
Jump Aero's high-performance subscale demonstrator
could potentially allow ILS calibration by unmanned aircraft without the need to shut down an active approach
because the JA1U technology demonstrator is capable
of flying approaches at speeds that would enable seamless integration with existing air traffic at airports. By
bypassing the need to close a runway to achieve the
costs savings of using a drone, there is the potential for
these ILS calibrations to be much more practical and cost
effective for both the FAA and the Air Force in the future.

Singapore Receives Its First H225M
Helicopter

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has taken
delivery of its first H225M helicopter in Singapore.
Airbus Helicopters signed a contract with Singapore's Ministry of Defence for the acquisition of H225M
Medium Lift Helicopters in 2016.
Congratulating Singapore on the H225Ms, Airbus
Helicopters CEO Bruno Even said: " Airbus is very happy
to celebrate this important milestone with the RSAF.
This delivery is exceptionally significant as Airbus and
the RSAF overcame the COVID-19 pandemic challenges
in 2020 to achieve a smooth handover of the helicopter. "
" The RSAF has been a long-term partner of Airbus
since its first Aerospatiale SA316B Alouette III entered
into service more than 50 years ago. We appreciate the
trust Singapore has placed in our helicopters, and we
look forward to the H225Ms playing a critical role in the
RSAF for many years to come, " added Even.
Singapore's fleet of H225Ms is expected to assume a
wide range of roles, including search and rescue, aeromedical evacuation, as well as humanitarian assistance
and disaster relief operations.

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