Jetoptera, Inc. has announced advancing to the next phase of\nthe AFWERX High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) Concept Challenge,\na crowdsourcing effort for the United States Air Force (USAF) and United States\nSpecial Operations Command (USSOCOM). The startup company is one of 11\ncompanies from more than 200 challenge entrants selected to receive market\nresearch investments aimed at advancing solutions that enable optimal agility\nin austere environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are very excited to work with Northrop Grumman and Pratt\n& Whitney to offer the HSVTOL Aircraft System with Adaptive Fluidic\nPropulsion solution to the AFWERX HSVTOL Challenge team in this collaborative,\ninnovative process and to bring the best technologies faster to the\nwarfighter,\u201d Jetoptera CEO Andrei Evulet said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The proposed FY25 demonstrators can perform vertical\ntake-offs and landings, hover in ground and out of ground effect, transitioning\nusing unique aerodynamics relying on the Fluidic Propulsive System (FPS).\nNorthrop Grumman, a global aerospace leader, will help design the\ndemonstrator\u2019s novel airframe for range, speed, survivability, payload, and\npropulsor integration. The key technology enabling the FY25 performance is\nJetoptera\u2019s Adaptive Fluidic Propulsive System which employs COTS turboshaft\nengines provided by Pratt & Whitney, driving newly designed air\ncompressor\/fans rated for the flows and pressure ratios required by Jetoptera\u2019s\nthrusters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jetoptera\u2019s solution is envisioned as part of a broader\nHSVTOL conceptual framework that increases the trade space of speed, range,\nsurvivability, payload, size, and flexibility to carry out USAF and USSOCOM\nmissions across the full spectrum of conflict and political scenarios. It emerged\nas a top-tier entrant in the HSVTOL Concept Challenge by meeting or exceeding\nrigorous evaluation criteria focused on technical merit, reliability,\nscalability, and other factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe HSVTOL Concept Challenge has surfaced an impressive\nrange and caliber of solutions to help us understand how to build a new class\nof air vehicles,” said Dr. Reid Melville, Chief Innovation Officer, Air\nForce Research Laboratory (AFRL) Transformational Capabilities Office. “We\nbelieve the organizations selected to receive market research investments at\nthis stage have the potential to deliver truly groundbreaking innovation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the next six months, the team led by Jetoptera will\nfurther develop its HSVTOL Aircraft System with Adaptive Fluidic Propulsion\nsolution, working closely with the USAF, USSOCOM, and Collaboration.Ai, the\nprime contractor facilitating the HSVTOL Concept Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jetoptera, Inc. has announced advancing to the next phase of the AFWERX High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) Concept Challenge, a crowdsourcing effort for the United States Air Force (USAF) and United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The startup company is one of 11 companies from more than 200 challenge entrants selected to receive market […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20997,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20996\/revisions\/20997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}