Yates Electrospace
Yates Electrospace Corp.
Aliso Viejo, CA, United States
About
Founded in 2012, Yates Electrospace is a defense prime contractor based in Aliso Viejo, United States working in unmanned systems, air systems.
Yates Electrospace is a California corporation founded in 2012 that designs, builds and flies full-scale manned and unmanned electric aircraft. Its main defense business is the Silent Arrow product line of attritable, autonomous cargo delivery aircraft for military resupply and humanitarian missions. The line includes gliders and powered models carrying roughly 350 to 2,000 lbs of cargo, which can be launched from C-130, C-17, C-5, V-22 and CH-53 aircraft. Silent Arrow reports a U.S. Air Force contract to develop the CLS-300, operational evaluation with U.S. Army Special Forces, and a Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory program for unpowered test aircraft. The company also operates flight test centres in California and Oregon and has a research arm focused on midair recharging, kinetic energy recovery and drone delivery. Its founder, Chip Yates, holds electric speed records. The company also has an electric-aircraft developer subsidiary, Avius Electric.
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Silent Arrow GD-2000
Autonomous cargo delivery glider UAS
Unpowered, air-launched cargo glider carrying about 1,500 lbs over a range of about 36 nautical miles, with GPS-guided autonomous flight and flare landing.
Silent Arrow Widebody
Autonomous cargo delivery glider UAS
Single-use glider carrying about 2,000 lbs of cargo, fuel or other autonomous vehicles, with a range of about 36 nautical miles.
Silent Arrow SA-PGB
Autonomous cargo delivery glider UAS
Side-door deployable glider carrying about 350 lbs of cargo with a range of about 17 nautical miles.
Silent Arrow CLS-200
Powered autonomous cargo delivery UAS
Powered cargo drone carrying about 500 lbs over a range of about 200 nautical miles, with ground-based takeoff and recovery from improvised airfields.
Silent Arrow CLS-300/500
Powered one-way autonomous cargo delivery UAS
Ultra-long-range powered cargo drone carrying 850 to 1,000 lbs over up to 500 nautical miles, with modular payload options including electronic warfare.
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Robert J. Collier Trophy finalist
FAI Louis Blériot Medal
FAI world aircraft records
