MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2013



Aurora Flight Sciences R&D Center Tour

Tim Dawson-Townsend '90, R&D Center General Manager

Jan/30 Wed 03:00PM-04:00PM 4 Cambridge Center, Meet in Lobby of 4 Cambridge Center, Next to Meadh

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
Limited to 20 participants

Aurora Flight Sciences is a leading small business in the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Servicing customers from the Air Force to NASA, Aurora spans the entire field from research to full-scale system design and development, to prototyping, flight testing, and production. Aurora's Cambridge Research Office works extensively with MIT faculty, students, and labs to conduct leading research in guidance & control, autonomy, advanced structures, space systems, propulsion, and vehicle concepts & prototyping. Visit Aurora for a company overview, details on some of our projects, and a tour of the Cambridge research facility.

Bring an ID to be admitted to the tour. Will depart promptly at 2:00 from the Lobby of 4 Cambridge Center  (corner of Broadway and Ames Street).

Sponsor(s): Aeronautics and Astronautics
Contact: Tim Dawson-Townsend, tdt@aurora.aero