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New VFS President Visits AVX
By Steve Schultz | Sept. 21 2023
Pictured with Scott Helsing, Kendall Goodman, AP Camele
AVX Aircraft was proud to host Mr. Angelo Collins, President of Vertical Flight Society (VFS) on 21 September in our Benbrook office. Mr. Collins was in town to deliver the keynote speech at the VFS Southwest Chapter networking event and to share his vision for the organization and on some industry insights. If you are interested in learning more about VFS, please check out their website www.vtol.org
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…
Read MoreOn 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…
Read MoreOn 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…
Read MoreCongratulations 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…
Read MoreFuture 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…
Read MoreAVX 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
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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 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, 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…
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