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…
The Coast Guard had an urgent World War II need for at-sea rescue of crews from torpedoed ships along the U.S. east coast. There was much skepticism in the Navy about helicopters. Their experience with autogyros showed that weight empty…
To reduce the development risks, a conventional tail rotor was chosen for anti-torque and yaw control. This machine, the PV-2, single seat, single rotor helicopter, was built as a technology demonstrator of several advanced concepts in the undeveloped VTOL field.…
The Forum’s first design, the PV-1, was to demonstrate new ideas and a unique anti-torque system with a fan blowing air through the tail cone, turned by control vanes in the exit. This was considered a high development risk at…
The concept of joining several helicopters into one operational unit worked out well in detail designs and led to another important vertical lift concept, the augmentation of the helicopter’s dynamic lift with the static lift of an air buoyancy envelope.…
Substituting a gas turbine for the two piston engines and adding two inflatable floats enabled the AirGeep to operate from the water. Called the SeaGeep, its compact size and weight made it ideal as a small ship based rescue, antisubmarine…