Duke University’s DEV Team poses with their World Record breaking Electric Vehicle.
July 2019 - “A vehicle built at Duke University has broken the Guinness World Record for electric vehicle efficiency, traveling 797 miles per kilowatt-hour, or 27,482 MPGe. The new record was confirmed by Guinness on July 9
Working out of their space in The Foundry, a 7,600-foot makerspace for Duke student clubs, the team also sharpened the trailing edges (the rearmost part of front fairings and the tail), which made the production of the carbon fiber shell more difficult. The team again consulted with outside specialists, this time at VX Aerospace, who advised using a technique called resin infusion to ensure the vehicle’s smooth surface and accurate shape.”
Video Courtesy of Duke Electric Vehicles
VX Aerospace CEO and Chief Engineer speaks with Phil Mintz, the Executive Director of NC State Industry Expansion Solutions
Photo courtesy of Chase Reynolds
June 2019 - “[ROSE] The second car built by Team Sunergy, Appalachian State University’s student-led solar vehicle team, was unveiled Friday, June 22, at the Holmes Convocation Center.
In early 2018, Appalachian’s Chief Sustainability Officer Lee F. Ball Jr. and Blakeley were invited to Beaufort by University of North Carolina System Board of Governors member Randall “Randy” Ramsey to meet his Jarrett Bay Boatworks team.
That visit led to a side trip to meet a carbon manufacturer in Little Washington — Jim Gardner — whose company, Compmillenia LLC, ultimately provided the composite seats for ROSE at a substantial discount.
Serendipitously, Gardner’s wife, Ginger — a senior editor at CompositesWorld, a trade magazine targeted to the global composites market — suggested they visit VX Aerospace.”
February 2019 - Last year VX Aerospace teamed with Legend Aircraft to re-imagine the ever popular Turbine Legend. Stay up to date with more information regarding the legend at legendaircraft.com
Febuary 2019 - “The concept is part of a project the U.S. Navy is working on with Northrop Grumman known as Remedy.
As part of the program, a small Class II Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) - developed by North Carolina-based VX Aerospace – would be packed into a cluster munition canister that would then eject from a “mothership” and fly a programmed route ahead of stand-off jammers and strike aircraft.
The small drones - outfitted with various payloads including electronic support measures (ESM) or electronic attack jammers - would integrate a datalink to send information back to manned aircraft for either immediate tactical use or intelligence planning for later missions. The small UAVs, which are difficult to detect, owing to their size and slow speed, would get “up close and personal” to radar systems allowing them to perform novel jamming techniques, and even infiltrate command networks to perform cyberattacks.”
Photo courtesy of Ryan Wilusz
October 2017 - “On Wednesday, VX Aerospace hosted its phase one unveiling of the Dash X drone, which has a state-of-the-art design that allows it to be folded up and stowed inside tactical aircrafts on military missions.
About a year ago, post-graduate engineers and faculty from North Carolina State University and the University of South Carolina worked with VX to create the Dash X drone, according to a press release. Again, it only took nine months from the first day to the first flight.” - Ryan Wilusz