The Helicopter Association International has named Michael Hirschberg, executive director of the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International, as this year’s recipient of the Lightspeed Aviation Excellence in Communications Award, presented annually to the individual or organization achieving the most creative and distinct dissemination of information about the helicopter industry. AHS International is the world’s oldest […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Michael Hirschberg Recognized for Excellence in CommunicationsCall for Presentations American Helicopter Society Robert L. Lichten Award Southeast Region Competition The Robert L. Lichten Award was established to provide an incentive for AHS members, who have not previously presented a paper at a technical forum, to present their work at local and Regional AHS meetings. The winner of this regional competition will […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on AHS Southeast Region Robert L. Lichten Award Competition – Call for PresentationsAHS Federal City Chapter Dinner Meeting Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Keynote Speaker Max Snell Office of Naval Research Program Director, Autonomous Aerial Cargo System “Challenges of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Delivery” Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel 900 South Orme Street Arlington, VA 22204 6:00 p.m. SOCIAL (cash bar) 6:45 p.m. SEATED DINNER 7:30 p.m. GUEST SPEAKER Cost: $35.00 […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Join Us for Dinner this Wed – Keynote Speaker is the Navy’s Program Director, Autonomous Aerial Cargo SystemsWe have a superb group of industry-leading speakers and technology demonstrations. More at www.vtol.org/uas-workshop Register soon!, limited capacity. Will be great event for networking for this booming industry. Join UAS industry representatives from across this exponentially growing market in a day flush with business development opportunity as well as professional development. In a single day: […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Save the Date! Commercial UAS Symposium 21 Oct at College Park, MDAHS Federal City Chapter Dinner Meeting Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Speaker: Dan Bailey JMR/FVL Program Director “Challenges We Face for a Future Vertical Lift Vision” Place – Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel 900 South Orme Street Arlington, VA Time 6:00 p.m. SOCIAL (cash bar) 6:45 p.m. SEATED DINNER 7:30 p.m. GUEST SPEAKER Cost: $35.00 All Participants […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Chapter Dinner Meeting Next Week! September 17thAttention students! AHS International has just released the Request for Proposals for our 32nd Annual Student Design Competition! We are giving away $12,000 in cash and prizes to the university students or teams who can come up with the best proposals for “Distributed Logistics in an Urban Setting Using Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”. More…:
Continue Reading... Comments Off on 32nd AHS Student Design Competition RFP released!Speaker Kevin Renshaw Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) VTOL UAS Update Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel 900 South Orme Street Arlington, VA 22204 6:00 p.m. SOCIAL (cash bar) 6:45 p.m. SEATED DINNER 7:30 p.m. GUEST SPEAKER Cost: $35.00 All Participants Corporate table reservations for 8 people available upon request: $400 Student dinners […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on AHS Federal City Chapter Dinner Meeting – Wednesday, June 18th, 2014ALEXANDRIA, VA – AHS International – The Vertical Flight Technical Society is pleased to announce its 2014 Vertical Flight Foundation (VFF) scholarship recipients. The VFF was established in 1967 as the philanthropic arm of the society. Since 1977, the merit-based scholarship program has been a great success story, with more than 400 scholarships awarded to […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on AHS Announces 2014 Vertical Flight Foundation Scholarship RecipientsAHS Federal City Chapter Dinner Meeting Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Speaker USMC Col. Eldon Metzger Military Assistant USN RDA USN/USMC VTOL Programs Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel Stars Room- 16th Floor 900 South Orme Street Arkington, VA 22204 Time 6:00p.m. Social (Cash Bar) 6:45 p.m. Seated Dinner 7:30 p.m. Guest Speaker Cost:$35.00 All Participants Corporate table […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on AHS Federal City Chapter Dinner Meeting | Guest Speaker: USMC Col. Eldon MetzgerAHS International, the world’s premier professional vertical flight technical society, is celebrating 70 years of advancing the state of the art of rotary wing technology and promoting its application around the globe. In 1943 — before a single helicopter was operational in the United States — a group of engineers and managers banded together with […]
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