Jetpack Aviation Launches First Civilian Flight

JetPack Aviation, the company that stunned the engineering and aviation communities with its first public jetpack flight around the Statue of Liberty in 2015. The Company has entered into a development Agreement with Georgia Tech to design and build a Soldier Vertical Mobility System (SVMS) for military application.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• JPA, which is currently working with the US Navy under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA).
• Georgia Tech will add advanced electronic subsystems for the new SVMS.
• JetPack Aviation senior staff recently hosted Georgia Tech team members at their headquarters in Van Nuys.

After successful public demonstrations in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Monaco, the JetPack Aviation team has begun an intensive development program towards extending their jetpack’s thrust and flight duration, as well as moving towards an all-electric version.

Court Bivens and Michael Mayo of the ATAS lab at GTRI have been leading the project and coordinating the integration of all subsystems into the SVMS.

The joint SVMS team hopes to move forward by soliciting R&D funds from the U.S. military. Additional funding would enable Georgia Tech and JetPack Aviation to fully integrate the described subsystems into an SVMS and tackle issues such as survivability and reliability, electrical and mechanical infrastructure, and human factor disciplines.

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