eCycle Awarded Contract to Provide Brushless Fan Solution to Aurora Flight Sciences

Temple, PA (PRWEB) November 11, 2005

eCycle announced today that is has been contracted by Aurora Flight Sciences, located in Manassas, VA, to provide lift fan motors and controllers for an unmanned aircraft.

Under the contract, eCycle, Inc. is designing and building brushless motors based on its CMG ‘Silicon Series’ brushless motors. The fan motors and electronics will be integrated into Aurora’s Excalibur Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV). The Excalibur platform will feature a Williams International jet engine for main propulsion and three eCycle brushless fan drives for additional lift and attitude control. This platform is intended to demonstrate Aurora’s new VTOL (vertical take off and landing) technology.

About eCycle (http://www.ecycle.com)

Established in 1996 and located in Temple, PA, eCycle produces a line of advanced brushless motors and generators, which have a wide range of applications in commercial, industrial, and consumer markets worldwide, particularly for mobile applications.

About Aurora Flight Sciences (http://www.aurora.aero)

Aurora Flight Sciences is a leader in unmanned aerial vehicle technology for research, defense and homeland security organizations. For more than 15 years, Aurora Flight Sciences has expanded the limits of unmanned flight through the design and manufacture of innovative aircraft.

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