2023年4月12日

先進飛機公司(AAC),開發人員和製造商的分布式電力推進偏轉翼和multi-rotor損毀之後飛機車輛(UAV),今天宣布任命博士羅伯•麥克唐納航天技術顧問、前乳房提升車輛工程主管,其董事會的顧問,立即生效。請啟用JavaScript”我興奮的機會建議這樣的天才和承諾的團隊,”羅伯·麥克唐納說。“AAC產品製定了雄心勃勃的擴張計劃,在多年發展中“飛機係統,我興奮的顧問委員會的一部分,因為他們有獨特的和優雅的技術解決方案,其他人都在努力解決的問題。”羅布·麥克唐納博士谘詢團隊開發飛機帶來的應用程序和任務。了十一年,他研究和教飛機設計,飛機的性能,和多學科設計優化在加州理工大學,聖路易斯奧比斯波。離開加州理工,麥克唐納博士領導了飛機內部設計團隊為超級提升車輛工程的負責人。他是一個技術專家在飛機設計和性能包括eVTOL和傳統的電動飛機,OpenVSP的主要開發人員,一個受歡迎的概念飛機設計的建模工具。麥克唐納博士是張仁的副研究員,張仁飛機設計TC的成員,張仁轉型飛行IC的創始成員,成員的垂直飛行社會eVTOL TC。他獲得了碩士和博士學位從喬治亞理工學院航空航天工程,航空航天工程學士學位從密蘇裏科技大學。“搶經驗給我們留下了深刻的印象在垂直起落飛機設計和開發,”保羅·艾倫說,AAC公司的首席執行官。“他的天賦和經驗將是無價之寶在我們加速產品開發和繼續發展我們當前的解決方案。 We are excited to have Rob on our Advisory Board and look forward to working closely with him.” AAC pushes the boundaries with innovative new approaches to fuselage, propulsion, and aerodynamic designs for next generation UAVs. Dr. McDonald will work closely with AAC engineering team and founder and CTO, Bill Fredericks, on the development of current and future uncrewed aircraft for defense and enterprise applications. Current projects include the development of a unique aero-activated tilt wing configuration UAV for NASA, and a distributed electric multirotor UAV designed for United States Air Force tactical ISR missions under a AFWERX SBIR Phase II Contract. About Advanced Aircraft Company Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) develops long-endurance tilt-wing uncrewed aircraft systems for defense and enterprise applications. Utilizing Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) systems and aerodynamic airframes, the aircraft are designed for long-endurance operations and can carry multiple sensor and cargo payloads. AAC VTOL UAS offer high speed, long range, and can operate in the most austere land and maritime conditions with no operational infrastructure required. AAC is a veteran-owned and operated company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Hampton, Virginia. To learn more, visit www.flyaac.com Share this article: