The Vertical Flight Society accounced the winners of the 2023 Alfred Gessow Best Paper Award on July 17, 2023. This year’s winning paper was selected from 21 Finalists for Best Paper from Forum 79 and is entitled, “Validation of a…
COATESVILLE, Pa., May 31, 2023 – Piasecki Aircraft Corporation announced that it has acquired the former Lockheed Martin Sikorsky Heliplex facility in Coatesville, Pennsylvania at it’s Ribbon Cutting Event. Piasecki Aircraft Corporation plans on turning the Coatesville Heliplex, a 219,000…
New Multi-Phase Partnership Will Dramatically Accelerate Global Availability of Hydrogen-Powered eVTOLs, Including World’s First Manned Hydrogen Helicopter MENLO PARK, Calif., August 24, 2021 — HyPoint, the company developing zero carbon-emission turbo air-cooled hydrogen fuel cell systems for aviation and urban…
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation was recently recognized for its modular pod, the Mobile Multiple Mission Module (M4), that is being used by the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) to evaluate Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC) technologies in a relevant environment. The…
Piasecki is honored to be featured in the March/April 2021 Vertiflite Magazine. Our CEO, John Piasecki, goes into the developments and progress of the PA890, Ares, and ADAPT Programs and addresses challenges for the current and future rotorcraft industry. Vertiflite…
EAGELS (Expendable Airlift Glider Expeditionary Logistics System) is an SBIR Phase II program sponsored by DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) for the development and flight demonstration of a low cost, unmanned glider aircraft that would deliver a high…
The Air ScoutⓇ is a tandem ducted fan VTOL UAS designed to operate as an organic asset for small ground combat units for RSTA, combat resupply, and other missions. The Air ScoutⓇ is a scaled down version of PiAC’s Air…
The Low Speed Wind Turbine (LSWT) design is optimized for financial viability in Class III-IV winds (annual average max wind speeds of about 6 to 7.5 meters/second) for use in commercial-scale wind power generation farms. The PiAC design has a…
AeroSteel™ is an innovative cargo floor design with a wide range of potential applications for both military and commercial air, ground, and sea freight industries. This program is currently an SBIR Phase II program sponsored by NAVAIR with the purpose…