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Aurora Flight Sciences Acquires Science And Engineering Firm

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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

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Aurora Flight Sciences, a designer and developer of advanced unmanned aircraft and other advanced aerospace vehicles, has acquired Payload Systems, Inc. (PSI), a science and engineering services firm for spaceflight and terrestrial applications. Aurora said that PSI, which is based in Cambridge, Mass., will become part of its research and development (R&D) center in the same city. "Payload Systems has extremely strong ties with MIT, which is a key objective of our R&D Center," John Langford, president of Aurora, said…

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