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AVX began in 1972 making ceramic capacitors as a subsidiary of Aerovox Corporation, a company founded in 1922 as Radiola Wireless Corporation, which made radios. In June 1973, AVX became the parent company when assets of Aerovox were sold. That same year, Marshall D. Butler, who played a major role in the company's growth, became chairman and CEO.
In May 2009, Sikorsky unveiled a mock-up of its X2-based contender [12] [13] later given the company's S-97 designation. [14] OH-58D/AVX. Proposed by the AVX Aircraft Company is a modification of the current OH-58D design to meet the AAS requirement. [15] The design uses the basic Kiowa fuselage and adds a counter-rotating coaxial rotor and two ...
DARPA ARES scenarios. The Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) was a concept for an unmanned VTOL flight module that can transport various payloads. The concept started as the TX (Transformer) in 2009 for a terrain-independent transportation system centered on a ground vehicle that could be configured into a VTOL air vehicle and carry four troops.
The AVX/L3 candidate design was unveiled at the summit of the Army Aviation Association of America in April 2019. [2] The design, which AVX/L3 call the Compound Coaxial Helicopter (CCH), uses a side-by-side cockpit with main compound coaxial rotors; ducted fans at the tail provide both forward and reverse thrust. [11] [12]
AVX Aircraft also confirmed that it had been selected for the JMR Phase I as a Category I participant. Their entry is a coaxial-rotor compound helicopter with ducted fans for propulsion and small wings to offload the rotors at high speed. The company plans to build a 70% scale demonstrator using existing General Electric T700 engines. [60]
The company expects to double its workforce within the next year — and it’s already hiring. Aerospace company picks Alliance in Fort Worth for new headquarters and is already hiring Skip to ...
Catalina Airport (IATA: AVX, ICAO: KAVX, FAA LID: AVX) is a privately owned airport located 6.4 miles (10.2 km) northwest of the central business district of Avalon, California, United States, [2] [3] in the middle of Catalina Island. The airport is open to the public and allows general aviation aircraft to land there.
Hughes Aircraft Company: AN/AAR-31: Infrared (IR) detection set for Anti-submarine warfare: Barnes Engineering AN/AAR-34: Infrared (IR) Tracking & Missile Warning System, replacing the AN/ALR-23: F-111 Aardvark: Cincinnati Electronics AN/AAR-37: Infrared (IR) Detector: P-3A/B Orion, EP-3E: Hughes Aircraft Company: AN/AAR-38: COMPASS COOL ...