Posts by Steve Schultz
US Army Edge 22
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
Read MoreAVX to Display at AAAA 2022
AAAA is here! AVX Aircraft will proudly display at this year’s Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA) Annual Summit in Nashville, TN. Please visit us at booth #2817 on the showroom floor. The US Army Aviation Community depends on AVX for developing cutting edge technologies across all three aspects of our business: S&T, UAS, and…
Read MoreAVX RECON Prototype First Transition to Airplane Mode
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…
Read MoreCongratulations to AVX’s John Busch
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…
Read MoreAVX Awarded Contract for AFWERX High Speed VTOL Challenge
AVX was awarded a contract teamed with Continuum Dynamics, Inc (CDI), based in Ewing, NJ to support the development of state-of-the art, high-speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) solutions needed to increase speed and optimize agility of tilt-rotor aircraft in austere environments. According to Chris Stoke, AVX Engineering, “we are looking forward to exploring new…
Read MoreRECON Makes First Flight
AVX Aircraft Company successfully demonstrated first flight of its Rotor Enhanced Combat Observation Node (RECON) technology demonstrator this month at a test site near company headquarters in Benbrook, TX. Several hover tests were conducted to evaluate VTOL capabilities and handling qualities of the design. The 2/3 scale prototype was developed in response to US Army…
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