25 years of UAV production and established market presence
Proprietary carbon-fiber ducted fan vehicles will be the first compact VTOL vehicle capable of airspeeds of 125-150 mph. (powered by a Rolls Royce 425-horse power jet turbine engine)
Holds “Counter Rotating Ducted Fan” patents on the VTOL vehicle: US 6,457,670 and US 2002/0104919A1
All VTOL prototypes, business plans and technology were previously invented, researched, developed and built in California, and remains strategically and intellectually based in the SoCal aerospace industry
High barriers to entry, low comparable competition
Patented VTOL technology co-developed with the U.S. Navy at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division under a 3-year agreement and partnership with CALSTART (an advanced transportation consortium funded by Lockheed)
Street legal vehicle (drives as a car at a top highway speed of 95 mph); takes off and lands just like a helicopter (flying at 1,000 ft. to 14,000 ft.)
Ducted fan allows increased safety advantage of having no exposed blades, permitting close and safe operational proximity to pedestrian bystanders, trees, buildings, bridges, traffic and other infrastructure
Innovative approach to a lift and control system for a VTOL vehicle brings a whole new era to remote control vehicles in close inner space operation
Stable VTOL platform (using sixteen counter-rotating propellers within a completely enclosed composite) enables the delivery of robotic devices
Ducted fan UAV under development with solar nanotechnology panels could provide sustained flight with zero emissions
2003 UAV VTOL Terminator was originally proposed for deployment from Trident missile silos. RAI and ASI were the only private companies ever to have an operational presence at the U.S. Navy’s secret high tech systems testing range and Naval version of "Skunk Works".
Successful Independent Performance Evaluation & Validation
• In 2003, ASI entered into a relationship with RAI to build a secret UAV at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. Pictured above is the ASI/RAI co- developed, built and flight tested UAV. This UAV was ADI’s first prototype and was completed while engaged in a three year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between 2001 and 2004, with the U.S. NAVY at Point Mugu Naval Air base, in California. The project ultimately culminated in a U.S. patent for RAI’s VTOL vehicle using 16 counter-rotating propellers within a ducted fan enclosure
• The UAV developed in 2004 became the test bed for DARPA submissions and proposals for RAI’s “Terminator” Orchestrated Remote Controlled Assault/Surveillance Systems (ORCAS); and its robotic surgeon know as Medical Emergency Deployment Aerial Vehicle (MEDAV)