The Learjet 75 business jet flew from Los Angeles to Wichita, Kansas; the Challenger 350 aircraft flew from Los Angeles to Vancouver, British Columbia; the Challenger 650 business jet flew from Los Angeles to Montreal, Quebec; and the Global 6000 aircraft flew from Los Angeles to Hartford, Connecticut. MORE

Wichita State University – lead University. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $7.5 million in research, education, and training grants to universities that comprise the agency’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE). MORE

A collaborative effort between government and industry, the three-year project will include scientists from the Kansas Geological Survey, KU and Kansas State University departments of geology and two Wichita-based firms—BEREXCO Inc. Research will be done on the Wellington oil and gas field in Sumner County south of Wichita, which has produced 20 million barrels of oil since 1927. MORE

Cessna Aircraft Company-Cessna Citation, Wichita, Kan., NASA is awarding $16.5 million to four industry and academic teams for additional research into ideas to reduce aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise in aircraft that could enter service between 2030 and 2035. NASA refers to this time period as N+3, representing technology three generations more advanced than what is in service today. The teams first studied the ideas from October 2008 to April 2010. MORE

The company then transports that oil to its re-refinery in Wichita, Kansas, where it undergoes hydrotreating to remove all of the water, fuel and solvents as well as metals, asphalt flux and other heavy contaminants. Universal Lubricants has hit the 1.5-million gallon production mark for its ECO ULTRA line of recycled motor oil. Earlier post.) The company has been selling to professional installers, but is now moving the product into retail channels, said John Wesley, CEO. MORE

Mull Drilling Company of Wichita, Kan., Using innovative seismic-based technologies developed with funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE), a Kansas drilling company has discovered an untapped, 10-foot-thick oil zone in a developed Colorado reservoir. Close examination has shown that the reservoir has excellent fluid properties and that the oil zone has not been affected by drainage from surrounding wells. discovered the oil zone near Cheyenne Wells, Colo., MORE

Right here in Wichita. Wichita. In Wichita. Wichita. Out on the Kansas two-lane flats near Wichita. Wichita. Wichita. Legendary singer-songwriter and electric car advocate, Neil Young is out with his latest song and it could easily become the first anthem for the rapidly blowing-up EV movement in America. MORE

Wichita State University: Alkaline Membrane-Based Ammonia Electrosynthesis with High Efficiency for Renewable and Scalable Liquid-Fuel Production – $855,000. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is honoring additional commitments to 10 previously selected Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awardees for a total of $20 million. MORE

Wichita. INRIX, a leading global connected car services and transportation analytics company, has created a scalable and customizable scoring system to prioritize corridors for the deployment of highly autonomous vehicles (HAVs). Leveraging aggregated INRIX trip data from millions of connected cars, parking availability and restrictions, and US Census demographic data, INRIX created a scalable and customizable scoring system to analyze and visualize priority corridors for HAV deployment. MORE

Wichita State University. Alkaline Membrane-Based Ammonia Electrosynthesis with High Efficiency for Renewable and Scalable Liquid Fuel Production (Category 1) The Wichita State University team will demonstrate a method for creating ammonia from air using a hydroxide- exchange membrane (HEM) powered by renewable electricity. MORE

Wichita, Kan., INRIX, Inc. published the 2018 Global Traffic Scorecard that identified and ranked congestion and mobility trends in more than 200 cities, across 38 countries. According to the study, Americans lost an average of 97 hours a year due to congestion, costing them nearly $87 billion in 2018, an average of $1,348 per driver. In the US, the 2018 Global Traffic Scorecard analyzed congestion and the severity of it in the top 60 urban areas. MORE

Several of Alcoa’s facilities including La Porte, Indiana; Whitehall, Michigan; Dover, New Jersey; and Wichita Falls, Texas will supply the blades, vanes and structural components, produced using nickel-based superalloys, titanium as well as aluminum. Click to enlarge. Under a new 10-year, $1.1-billion agreement, Alcoa will supply key parts for Pratt & Whitney’s jet engines, including the forging for the first aluminum fan blade for jet engines. MORE