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NASA Air Cargo

Crown tapped to support NASA automated air cargo market survey

August 12, 2020

Crown Innovations Inc. has been selected to assist with an LMI-led team tasked by NASA to conduct an automated air cargo market survey under the Data Analysis and Technical Support Services contract.

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Remote Tower

Crown conducts human factors experiments for FAA air traffic control user standards

July 15, 2020

Crown Innovations Inc. has teamed with industry partners to conduct a sequence of human factors experiments to define user standards for remote tower systems for air traffic control.

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NASA

Crown’s Mohamad Refai receives NASA contractor award

July 1, 2020

Crown aerospace engineer Mohamad Refai received NASA’s Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for his contribution as the software lead for the detect and avoid (DAA) modeling and simulation team supporting the agency’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System (UAS Integration in the NAS) Project.

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Global UTM

Crown joins Global UTM Association

December 1, 2019

Crown Innovations Inc. has joined the Global UTM Association, a nonprofit consortium of worldwide unmanned aircraft systems traffic management stakeholders.

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NASA

NASA commends Crown’s DRAW team for human factors simulation

August 15, 2019

Crown Innovations Inc.’s ATD-3/Dynamic Routes for Arrivals in Weather (DRAW) team successfully completed its fifth Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) simulation in the NASA Ames Traffic Control (ATC) simulation laboratory in early August 2019.

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Artificial Intelligence

NASA awards Crown SBIR contracts for AI/machine-learning for air traffic management

July 1, 2019

NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program has awarded Crown Innovations Inc. Phase IIE (Extended) and Phase III contracts to continue its work on artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) data science.

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NASA awards Crown SBIR contract for urban air mobility passenger experience

June 1, 2019

Crown Innovations Inc. has been selected by NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to study the effects of ride quality on passenger acceptance of the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) concept involving advanced passenger-carrying vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

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UPS Drone Technology

Crown experts help launch nation’s first routine revenue medical package deliveries by drone

March 6, 2019

A partnership today announced between UPS and Matternet launches the nation’s first routine drone medical package delivery service for pay revenue service in Raleigh, N.C.

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Arlington

Crown voted a best place to work in Virginia

December 5, 2018

Crown Innovations Inc. has been named one of the 2019 Best Places to Work in Virginia.

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Tom Edwards

Crown names NASA researcher and executive Dr. Tom Edwards as chief technology officer

August 7, 2018

Crown Innovations Inc. has named Dr. Thomas Edwards as chief technology officer.

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Crown Consulting

Crown Innovations Inc. voted 2018 Washington Post Top DC Workplaces

June 24, 2018

Crown Innovations Inc. was named a top 2018 Washington, D.C. workplace by the Washington Post, receiving high marks for policies that make workers feel happy and fulfilled.

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NCDOT

Crown wins contract to advance unmanned aircraft systems integration in North Carolina

June 15, 2018

Crown Innovations Inc. has been awarded a contract by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to provide subject matter expertise and assistance integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS, or drones) into the airspace and supporting a range of aviation-related projects in North Carolina.

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