On 6 September 2013, DARPA awarded $2,231,816 to Carter for the development of a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle prototype in the TERN program ("Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node"). In October 2009, the company announced it was forming two subsidiaries Carter Aerospace Development, to continue with the Research and Development, and Carter Air Vehicles to manufacture the products. Wernicke also worked on the Bell XV-3 and V-22 Osprey. Īmong the board members is tilt rotor developer Kenneth Wernicke, who engineered the Bell XV-15 as did Jay Carter. In 2009, Joe Lieberman earmarked $2,500,000 to Carter for slow-rotor technologies. ĬAT paid $20,000 per year in lobbying expenses in 20, but none in 20 to "monitor transportation, defense, budget, technology issues/appropriations". In 2007, the company modified their strategy from strictly R&D to also include limited production, as potential manufacturing customers were unfamiliar with the technology and would not commit to the large development effort of bringing the concept forward to a product. Carter has applied to the FAA to change the PAVs certificate from research and development to demonstration. Carter says it has flown 186 kn (344 km/h 214 mph) at 18,000 feet and reached a Mu of 1.13. The accident set the company's development back at least ten months as a small wingless autogyro was not flown until 2006, and the Carter PAV (a subsequent 4-place manned compound rotorcraft, N110AV) was not flown until 2011. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair but both crew members were unharmed. The aircraft had been flying at 160 mph (257 km/h) when the drive pulley to the propeller drive-shaft bolts failed in flight, reversing propeller thrust. On 17 June 2005, the CarterCopter, the company's sole flying technology demonstrator, reached a rotorcraft milestone but crashed on the next flight. Until 2004, CAT received some funding via three Small Business Innovation Research programs from NASA, totalling over $1 million. The teetering blade hub principle used in Carter Wind Systems is also used in Carter aircraft. According to Carter, the development of the propeller and landing gear was not strictly necessary, and delayed the SR/C. The company is developing the CarterCopter slowed rotor/compound (SR/C) aircraft series, the CarterCopter Propeller System and a landing gear system. The company (CAT) was founded in 1994 by Jay Carter Jr., two years after the partial sale of the wind turbine company Carter Wind Systems, now being run by his son Matt. The company is mainly known for making the CarterCopter, and since 2011 its replacement, the Carter Personal Air Vehicle. Carter sees its role as predominantly that of research and development with the aim of patenting the aviation technological advances it makes. The main focus of the company is developing new technology and then licensing it to other manufacturers for use on production aircraft. ( February 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ĭarter Aviation Technologies (also known as CarterCopters) is a privately held aviation research and development company based in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States. Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia's inclusion policy. This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience.
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