A12 Wednesday, February 5, 2020
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Orbital ships UAV engine under agreement with Insitu
Orbital Corporation Ltd.
announced has started
shipping the second engine
model identified under its
long-term agreement with
Insitu Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of The Boeing
Company.
The engine, an Insitu de-
sign, is being assembled and
shipped from Orbital UAV’s
purpose-built production
facility in Hood River, which
opened in 2018.
“This is another significant
milestone for Orbital UAV,
both in the delivery of our
commitments to Insitu and
our long term UAV focused
strategy,” said Todd Alder,
CEO and managing director
of Orbital UAV, in a press
release. “I am encouraged
with our team’s progress and
the quality of the product
we are delivering. With our
company now in production
of two world class engines
from our Australia and USA
facilities, our development
team now shift their focus to
the third engine model under
the LTA,” he said.
The second engine under
the Long Term Agreement
will support Insitu’s
Integrator UAS platform.
The five-year agreement
with Insitu was announced in
October 2018. The agreement
covers the delivery of multi-
ple propulsion systems and
services, to be applied across
the Boeing subsidiary’s entire
fleet of unmanned aircraft
system platforms. Orbital
UAV began production of the
first engine model under the
LTA in H1 2019. This initial
model was the first derivative
of Orbital UAV’s Modular
Propulsion Solution,
featuring the Company’s
patented FlexDI technology
and offering industry leading
performance.
“The two engine models
we have in production is
further demonstration of
Orbital UAV’s growing capa-
bilities and capacity,” Alder
said. “Whether we are taking
our own designs through
research and development
and into production or
adding insight and rigor to
the designs of our custom-
ers, Orbital UAV has the
know-how and expertise
to provide significant value
across the advanced manu-
facturing process,” he said.
Orbital UAV continues to
work closely with key cus-
tomer Insitu in the develop-
ment of additional engines
identified under the LTA, the
press release stated.
Local leaders elected to MCMC board of trustees
Four local business
and community leaders
have been elected to the
board of trustees of Mid-
Columbia Medical Center
(MCMC). Janet Hamada,
Bill Ketchum, Michele Spatz
and Robb Van Cleave joined
the governing board of the
nationally-recognized hos-
pital, which provides a wide
array of healthcare services
to residents of The Dalles
and surrounding commu-
nities of the Columbia River
Gorge.
“Each of our new board
members have a deep tie to
the local community and
a personal commitment to
enriching the health and
well-being of everyone who
lives here,” said hospital
President and CEO Dennis
Knox. “We know that their
passion and skills will make
a wonderful addition to our
board as
the hospital
continues
to evolve
and set the
standard
for what
21st century
Janet Hamada healthcare
in the Gorge
should look like.”
Hamada was born and
raised in Chicago, but spent
her childhood summers vis-
iting her grandparents in the
Gorge. She has a bachelor’s
degree in American Studies
from Wesleyan University
and a Master of Social
Work from the University
of Washington. Since 2007
Hamada has been the ex-
ecutive director of The Next
Door Inc., the largest human
services organization in the
Gorge, which serves thou-
sands of people annually in a
seven-coun-
ty region.
Ketchum
was raised in
The Dalles,
graduat-
ing from
Wahtonka
Bill Ketchum High School
and Oregon
State University. He cur-
rently serves as operations
manager for Crestline
Construction, a local heavy
civil construction company.
Ketchum’s involvement
in both construction and
managing large complex
projects and business brings
significant knowledge to his
board position.
Spatz is community
engagement coordinator
with the National Network
of Libraries of Medicine
(NNLM) “All of Us” initiative.
Prior to joining NNLM, Spatz
led an inter-
disciplinary
approach to
health liter-
acy at Pacific
University;
consulted for
Planetree,
Michele Spatz the inter-
national
healthcare organization
advocating patient-centered
care of which MCMC is a
member; and was found-
ing director of MCMC’s
Planetree Health Resource
Center, a consumer
health library, which she
led for almost 20 years.
She is a graduate of the
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.
Van Cleave has served
in various roles in the local
community including mayor,
city councilor, port commis-
sioner and president of The
Dalles Area
Chamber of
Commerce.
A gradu-
ate from
Oregon State
University,
Van Cleave
Robb Van
has held
Cleave
a wide
variety of
executive positions with
Wasco County, Columbia
Gorge Community College,
Oregon’s Local Government
Personnel Institute and
the Association of Oregon
Counties. He also served as a
gubernatorial appointment
to the SAIF Corporation
board of directors, Wounded
Warrior Project national
board of directors and the
Society for Human Resource
Management international
board of directors.
Founded in 1901 and
located in The Dalles,
MCMC is a nationally-rec-
ognized hospital dedicated
to serving residents of The
Dalles and its surrounding
communities. In 1992 it
became the first hospital
in the nation to integrate
the Planetree philosophy of
patient care, which empha-
sizes the need to address
a person’s intellectual,
environmental, emotional
and spiritual concerns in
addition to their physical
needs. As a Planetree hospi-
tal, MCMC works to provide
a caring, nurturing and edu-
cational environment; puts
great efforts into humanizing
and demystifying the medi-
cal experience and strives to
empower people to become
active partners in their own
healthcare.
For more information visit
mcmc.net.
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