Media Coverage
June 16th, 2008

A half-scale demonstrator of a ducted fan vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) called the VTOL Swift Tactical Aerial Resource (VSTAR) could be flying next year. The developer, Frontline Aerospace, says the aircraft "is intended to resupply troops on the battlefield with ammunition, water and food, with a maximum payload of 180kg."

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June 13th, 2008

Damian Kemp, Jane's Aviation Desk Editor
San Diego, California
June 13, 2008

US private venture company Frontline Aerospace plans to fly a half-scale version of a new logistics and utility vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in 2009. Speaking at the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) 2008 conference in San Diego on 10 June, Frontline's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ryan Wood said the VTOL-Swift Tactical Aerial Resource (V-STAR™) UAV was a "delivery truck, a Humvee [HMMWV - high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle] of the air".

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June 11th, 2008

Frontline Aerospace of Broomfiled, Colo., says they've designed a flexible unmanned aerial system capable of efficiences not possible just several years ago. Only slightly bulkier than the classive Volkswagen Beetle at 21 feet long, the V-STAR™ (Vertical, Swift Tactical Aerial Resource) could serve as a mid-sized utility vehicle for the military: what the company dubbed a 'Humvee for the air." Now in the third generation of its design, the vehicle uses new materials and heat-exchanger technology to increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions, a process called recuperation, company President and CEO Ryan Wood said Tuesday.