January 5, 2015
Precision Integrated Programs of Newberg, Oregon, ended 2014 by placing a launch order for Flexrotor, Aerovel’s exceptional long-endurance VTOL UAV. Delivery of aircraft and support equipment is scheduled for spring 2015. “We are going after new civil applications at sea and on land which require big improvements over existing aircraft in economics, footprint, and endurance,” explained…[ Read more ]
November 24, 2014
As 2015 deliveries approach for Flexrotor, Aerovel’s exceptional long-endurance VTOL UAV, the US Government has ruled that it can be exported free of restrictions under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR, which in recent years have been applied to unmanned aircraft regardless of application). This means that Flexrotor, with its unprecedented combination of 40+…[ Read more ]
October 20, 2013
The newest aircraft carrier does not have acres of flight deck. In fact it has no deck at all. Its complement does not number in the thousands. Instead it sails without a soul on board. Yet the aircraft that it operates can fly much longer and farther than anything based on a fleet leviathan. The…[ Read more ]
August 7, 2012
Searching the open ocean is just the sort of dull and sometimes dangerous job that seems meant for unmanned aircraft. Aerovel’s new Flexrotor, based on ship or shore, shows great promise for this role with its combination of small size, long endurance, and VTOL. However as Tad McGeer, Aerovel’s president, points out, “building a capable…[ Read more ]
August 6, 2012
Hood Technology is displaying at Unmanned Systems North America a Flexrotor, the remarkable long-range VTOL aircraft from Aerovel, equipped with a Hood Tech stabilized imaging system. Hood Tech’s president, Andy von Flotow, observed that “Flexrotor brings a quantum jump in capability to the small-UAS sector, with its unique mix of VTOL, long-endurance, small size, and…[ Read more ]
August 14, 2011
Husum, Washington USA On Friday Aerovel’s Flexrotor demonstrated transition between hover and wing-borne cruise, capabilities which allow it to combine VTOL with range of more than 3000 km and endurance exceeding a day and a half. Aerovel’s president, Tad McGeer, explains that “transition requires a climb, pitch-over, dive, and zoom, so we entered the new…[ Read more ]