Aurora Flight Services grand opening

Aurora Flight Services grand opening
Photo by Russ Houston

April 29, 2005

Rep. Chip Pickering (l), R-Miss, on Friday accepted a model of the Hunter II unmanned aerial vehicle from John Langford, president of Virginia-based Aurora Flight Sciences. Mississippi State University President Charles Lee, 1st District Congressman Roger Wicker and other state and local officials also participated in ceremonies at MSU's Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, where Aurora officially opened its Mississippi manufacturing operation.