Area-I delivered a PTERA-Baseline air-frame to NASA Armstrong in October 2014. A year later in October 15, Area-I personnel traveled to Edwards Airforce Base to lead the initial flight tests and train NASA...
Area-I led the flight testing of the PTERA Spanwise Adaptive Wing (SAW) in conjunction with NASA and Boeing personnel during the week of December 11th 2018. This PTERA configuration integrates a novel actuator using a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) material developed by...
Area-I’s ALTIUS has been featured in several publications now that the project has become public. Follow the links below to learn more: Jane’s 18-May-2017 National Defense Magazine May-2017 UAS Vision May-2017 National Defense...
Area-I is working with NASA engineers from Armstrong, Langley and Glenn in addition to Boeing on research to investigate the effects of articulating wings on aircraft performance using advanced actuators. PTERA (Prototype-Technology Evaluation Research Aircraft) is...
NASA Spinoff and OCT published an article about the life of PTERA and how the modular airframe can be used meet researcher’s needs. Click Here for a link to the...
