About the Company
The Company has developed and produced tactical autonomous rotorcraft since 1992 for commercial and military customers. The Company‘s products range in gross weight from 50 to 2100 lbs. All of its products take-off vertically, deploy in <5 minutes, with two operators, can operate in the near-earth environment, don‘t require pilot-in-the-loop-skills, fit in common transports (e.g., pick-up truck), and are built to aerospace and NATO standards. The Company specializes in tandem and tail-sitter aircraft.
The Company employs test infrastructure unique to its scale aircraft, including whirl stands, propulsion stands, a hardware-in-the-loop / software-in-the-loop systems integration lab, and other unique infrastructure to accelerate the development of rotorcraft. The Company produces the tandem DP-6 Whisper and the tandem DP-12 Rhino. The Company has a team include rotorcraft, autonomy, software, robotics, avionics, and production engineers. The Company is located in Philadelphia, PA, the birthplace of US rotary-wing aviation.
Supported Manufacturers
The Company‘s customers include SOCOM, DARPA, Navy, Army, Air Force, Northrop, BAE Systems, and Boeing.
The Company is in low rate production with two Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). These are the DP-6 Whisper and the DP-12 Rhino. The Company is under contract to develop the DP-11 Bayonet VTOL UAS by the Navy.
The Company is in low rate production with two Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). These are the DP-6 Whisper and the DP-12 Rhino. The Company is under contract to develop the DP-11 Bayonet VTOL UAS by the Navy.