(excerpts from PRNewswire)
Wallops Aircraft Office Recognized as the Best in the Federal Government
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Aircraft Office in
Virginia has been recognized as the best small aviation
program in the Federal government by the General
Services Administration and the Interagency
Committee for Aviation Policy.
The Wallops aircraft team provides NASA and
commercial platforms for worldwide airborne scientific
research, technology development, cargo airlift, launch
range surveillance and recovery, and remotely piloted
aircraft systems and required chase operations.
The award is provided to agencies that have
demonstrated their flight programs support for the
success of the agency's mission. An independent panel
of aviation experts judge agencies based on aircraft
administration, operations, maintenance, training and
safety.
In 2014, Wallops participated in 30 NASA airborne
science missions, flying more than 2,000 flight hours
Both were records surpassing all previous marks
during the office's 45 years.
These aircraft support NASA missions across the
United States from the east to west coasts, as well as Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Africa and
Antarctica.
In addition, Wallops recently opened and conducted
missions from a new Global Hawk Operations Center
(GHOC-East) control center. The GHOC allows NASA to
conduct Global Hawk operations worldwide, including
missions to study Atlantic tropical storms.
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