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…
Turais® is a multi-mission, air-launched modular UAV developed under a US Navy SBIR for a ‘Wing and Bomb Bay Launched UAS.” Turais® is configured with a Heavy Fuel Engine/Propeller module and high aspect ratio wing. Turais® is deployable in-flight from…
The overarching objective of the Adaptive Digital Automated Pilotage Technology (ADAPT™) Flight Control Technology Demonstration Program is to develop and demonstrate a cohesive flight control software package designed to achieve revolutionary improvements in safety/survivability, performance, and affordability for US military…
The PA-890 eVTOL aircraft is an all-electric-powered Slowed-Rotor Winged Compound helicopter. It is intended for use in a variety of missions including Emergency Medical Services (EMS), delivery of high-value On-Demand Logistics (ODL), On-Demand Mobility (ODM) personnel air transport; and many…
ARES is an innovative modular multi-mission vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned tilt-wing aerial system (UAS). It comprises a common, optionally manned Flight Module with interchangeable Mission Payload Modules. ARES is designed with a small landing footprint to enable shipboard…
In 1964, development of the H-16 was initiated in response to a U.S. Air Force requirement for a long range (1432 mi.) Rescue helicopter to pick up (1-1/2 way mission) bomber crews. The YH-16 became the largest helicopter in the…