Ducted-fan VTOL UAV could fly early next year
A VTOL UAV is displayed in model form by American Dynamics Flight Systems (Hall2 Stand 20).

A VTOL UAV is displayed in model form by American Dynamics Flight Systems (Hall2 Stand 20). Unusual in its use of a single PW200 to power tilting ducted fans and provide some pure jet propulsion, the AD-150 is currently undergoing tests that are expected to lead to first flight early next year. a

Responding to a U.S. Marine Corps request for information in 2007, American Dynamics has kept it advised of progress and anticipates a request for proposal in 2009. The AD-150 will be able to meet the requirement to fly faster than the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey but is not expected to function as an armed escort; rather it would carry out a surveillance role.