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FRONTLINE AEROSPACE GRANTED AERIAL VEHICLE PATENT — V-STAR — THE NEXT GENERATION OF DRONES IS FANCRAFT

Broomfield, Colorado, July 17, 2012 – Today the USPTO granted a patent to Frontline Aerospace for a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aerial vehicle (US 822,0737 B2). “The future of VTOL aircraft is what is called fancraft rather than rotorcraft, as seen in films like Avatar and The Avengers,” said Frontline CEO Ryan S. Wood.

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Long Discarded VTOL Concepts Revived in Unmanned Systems

July 13, 2010 The V-STAR mock-up designed by Colorado-based Frontline Aerospace was displayed in booth 1435. Sized at full-scale in the same category as the AD-150, the V-STAR would be powered by two Rolls-Royce Model 250 engines. The engines drive one ducted fan in the centre of the V-shaped fuselage for vertical lift and an

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Conceptual Design Of A Ducted Fan-Based Vertical Take Off And Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Broomfield, Colorado, January 22, 2009 – Frontline Aerospace, Inc., has released its detailed paper presented to the American Helicopter Society (AHS) describing the company’s breakthrough tactical unmanned aerial vehicle known as V-STAR. “It was an honor for AHS to invite us to discuss Frontline’s V-STAR this week in Scottsdale, AZ, at the International Specialist’s Meeting

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