Event

FARGO, N.D – On Monday, July 1, Senator John Hoeven will help break ground on Hector International Airport’s Terminal Expansion Project. The nearly $200 million project includes expanding the current terminal building to nine gates, an apron expansion and a new parking garage with an elevated walkway. As a member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Committee, Hoeven is working to fulfill the project’s federal cost share and secured an initial $10 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the project earlier this year.

Later that day, Hoeven will review the Valkyrie unmanned aircraft following a Sunday test flight of new capabilities. The Valkyrie is an Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) / Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) developed and manufactured by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. CCAs are being developed to operate alongside/in concert with manned aircraft, as individual platforms or in swarms of unmanned aircraft and can be equipped with a mission-customizable mix of sensors, weapons and other tactical systems.

Hector International Groundbreaking

            When:              Monday, July 1

                                    10:00 a.m. CT

            Where:             Hector International Airport              

                                    2801 32nd Ave N

                                    Fargo

Kratos CCA Test Flight Review

            When:              Monday, July 1

                                    1:30 p.m. CT

            Where:             GrandSky

                                    Multi-Tenant Building 1

                                    1201 Lady Hawk Drive