Company Background.
AAE is in Dallesport WA, (70 east of Portland) and has been registered as a Washington State, aerospace engineering, aircraft development company since 2008. AAE has been a System for Award Management (SAM) registered company with the US government as a DoD supplier and has been abiding by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) since 2008.
AAE has 60 patented Fixed Wing, Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL), integrated key technologies as well as detailed Computer Aided Designs (CAD) for their family of fixed wing VTOL aircraft that range in size from 55 lbs. to 20,000 lbs.
AAE’s has a family of next generation, multi-mission, exclusive fixed wing VTOL aircraft that are well suited for commercial and military use. These aircraft range from small surveillance vehicles to V-22 Osprey replacement.
This unique family of fixed wing VTOLs could further enhance your commercial and military VTOL portfolio.
• AAE’s Core Technology. AAE was founded, 17 years ago, for the purpose of research, design, further refinement, development, prototyping, certification (DoD and FAA) and preproduction and testing of large Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) fixed-wing aircraft with fixed wing performance in support of the US DoD, US Special Forces, CTTSO, DARPA, DTRA, DHS, IARPA, AFWERX, and Agility Prime as a DoD supplier.
AAE’s founder is a National Test Pilot School graduate and has more than 34 years of international aerospace engineering experience, leading teams through research and developing and certification of manned fixed and rotary wing aircraft as well as more than 15 unmanned aircraft. Mike Bartlett is the founder and sole owner of AAE and his aerospace engineering studies include studies in South African, Bristol England and National Test Pilot School Mojave California USA, and PhD level studies at Kansas University. AAE was founded after Boeing purchased the company Insitu, that Mike worked for, in 2008. In addition, from 2008 to 2012, AAE had a team of engineers supporting Boeing with engineering in the design of the UAV’s ScanEagle and Integrator. AAE was part of a team that helped Boeing win the STUAS contract in 2011. Mike is also a FAA certified instrument rated pilot.
AAE has scalable Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) technology that could be applied to any standard FAA certified fixed wing aircraft that will give it the ability to hover and execute a vertical takeoff and landing from unprepared surfaces and confined spaces as well as from small US Navy Ships. This capability provides fixed wing aircraft, runway independence. Standard fixed wing aircraft could be modified through an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC).
AAE has accomplished the following fixed wing VTOL technologies:
• Optimizing a scalable fixed wing VTOL design using 60 VTOL patented key technologies which AAE has refined over the last 17 years.
• Creating an efficient, scalable, fixed wing vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle design with:
• Superior and crucial low speed maneuverability.
• Smooth transition, no power demand, from hover to forward flight.
• Superb, fixed wing cruise with a 15/1 - L/D and highspeed performance (600 Knots).
Enabling long range and endurance.
Low wing loading of 10 lbs. per ft.
High aspect ratio of wing chord to span of 10.
VTOL operations utilize a combination of:
• Vectored thrust, with a thrust turning efficiency of over 98% to create a downwash.
• And augmented thrust, creating an unmatched coefficient of lift of more than 7 to induced lift and creating an aircushion.
• The result is a thrust to weight ratio of 2:1 during VTOL operations, converting excess thrust into a high rate of climb of over 3,000 fpm.
• AAE’s VTOL technology has being able to create 10 lbs. of lift for every Hp and our aircraft have active variable stability, in all phases of flight.
Maintain In-Ground-Effect for up to 40 ft above ground level, resulting in a power required reduction of 20% during transition.
Scaling the design solutions to fit varied multi-mission airframe sizes or configuration – designs exist for aircraft from 55-20,000 lbs.
• Providing propulsion system options such as - electric, hydrogen, hybrid, conventional internal combustion, propeller or jet engines
• Enabling the conversion of standard FAA certified fixed wing aircraft to include VTOL capabilities.
• Creating aircraft that can be unmanned or piloted
• Developing aircraft platforms that can address both commercial and military markets
• Optional capabilities include detachable cargo bay, air cargo drop, in-flight refueling, munitions, concealed internal weapons bays, medevac, etc.
• Zero Speed /Altitude Ballistic parachute provides continued safe flight and landing in case of failure.
• Quiet: 35 dB at a distance of 300 ft away, you can “own the night”.
• Modular MAGTF C4 open architecture allows for a range of payloads / payload bays which would have mission ready packages for overland and maritime operations.
We are also available to help our clients reach their full potential by supporting them with:
AAE has a long standing partnership with the State of Washington Aerospace Department of Commerce and in particular the Office of Aerospace. Washington State Governor Jay Inslee has visited AAE at its Dallesport hangar. The Gorge Technology Alliance (GTA) recently collected data about the economic impact of the unmanned aerial system (UAS) industry in the Gorge region. Within the GTA’s five county area of Hood River, Wasco and Sherman counties in Oregon and Klickitat and Skamania counties in Washington, GTA companies who work in or supply the UAS industry employ just over 2000 people.
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