Posts by Steve Schultz

AVX Aircraft is among one of the companies selected by DARPA to develop a next generation Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system.  Follow the link to the DARPA website for details.  https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2023-06-22

19 May 2023 – AVX Aircraft Company, Benbrook, TX is proud to support US Army Experimental Demonstration Gateway Exercise (EDGE 23) recently held at Yuma Proving Grounds, AZ.   Corey Pearce and Sam Heim (pictured here) participated in the Sustainment portion of the exercise, demonstrating advancements in AVX’s FleetSpace Operations Planning and Maintenance Optimization Tool.  Working…

On 09 Nov 2022 AVX Aircraft Company, Benbrook, TX was awarded a contract in support of U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) for Data Refinement and Reduction for Aviation Sustainment (DRRAS).  AVX in collaboration with Texas Tech University (TTU) Institute for Materials, Manufacturing and Sustainment (IMMS) and Penn State University (PSU) Applied Research Laboratory…

On 07 Oct 2022 AVX Aircraft Company, Benbrook, TX was awarded a contract to continue development of an All Electric Flight Control System (AEFCS) in support of U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM).  AVX in collaboration with Moog Inc., East Aurora, NY is developing the AEFCS using state of the art electro-mechanical actuator technologies…

Congratulations to Julian Schneider (right) for completing his 3-month internship with AVX Aircraft.  Julian is entering his Senior Year at UTA this Fall, majoring in Computer Engineering.  Pictured with Corey Pearce, AVX Program Manager, Julian worked on Corey’s FleetSpace team, developing cutting edge Mission and Maintenance Planning Software for the U.S. Army.  In only three…

Future vertical lift technology is here. Much focus is on the Army’s selection of the next generation’s attack and recon aircraft.  History suggests costs to sustain these aircraft over the next 30 years will be about 70 percent of the total life-cycle costs, therefore, New Innovative Sustainment Technologies will play a key role in the…

AVX supporting Army Aviation at Edge 22 AVX Aircraft in partnership with Texas Tech University and Penn State are proud to support US Army Futures Command at Edge 22.  AVX will be proudly revealing FLEETSPACE, an      AI-enabled, digital dashboard designed to optimize flight operations mission and maintenance planning. www.avxaircraft.com

AVX Recon UAS Prototype successfully made its first transition to Airplane Mode on 15 February at a local test site west of Ft. Worth.  The aircraft performed a vertical take-off, was incredibly stable in a hover, and made a full transition to airplane mode, flying for several minutes before returning to the landing zone where…

Congratulations to AVX’s John Busch, Principal Structures Engineer, who was recognized in VERTIFLITE Magazine for his presentation of an “All-bonded Airframe Structure” during a recent Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Specialist Conference in Hampton, VA. AVX is working with Huntsman and Northrop Grumman, leveraging work performed on the US Army “Surface Tolerant Adhesive for Bonded Airframe…