The engine you choose for your unmanned aircraft system can make or break your UAV project. With NWUAV's engineering team, process and well-supported facility, your unmanned vehicle will fly higher, faster. Rely on NWUAV for your complete UAV propulsion systems solution, whether it's COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) or custom build-to-print; multi-fuel piston or rotary. Tell us your performance expectations and we'll help you find (or design) the perfect engine for your project.
Get your unmanned aerial systems flying higher, quieter and faster with our proven products. From generators to quiet UAV mufflers to Pegasus servo actuators, each one of the products we offer has been researched, tested and proven to improve your unmanned systems. We utilize the latest software, and employ highly trained and skilled aerospace, mechanical, and electrical engineers onsite to create and vet any products we offer or configure just for you.
Beyond the SWAP (Size, Weight, and Power), we specialize in unmanned system propulsion design and integration. Rely on our engineers' thorough understanding of the trade-offs required in unmanned aerial vehicle systems to design a propulsion system that works for your UAV and your mission. Our total lifecycle approach includes the modular concept for design and development, with attention to manufacturability, and an emphasis on low impact maintainability. And with our state of the art testing facilities, our world class test engineers and specialists are able to qualify propulsion designs and perform noise reduction and detectability analysis.
Ensure that your flight program will be a profitable and predictable success with our experienced staff of experts by your side. Rely on our MRO (maintenance repair organization) for all levels of UAV engine repairs, overhauls, or customized modifications. With NWUAV's experienced and skilled craftsmen we guarantee that your propulsion system will meet or exceed your requirements and expectations. Tell us your propulsion problem, and our team will help you discover the solution, whether it's research, prototyping, or testing existing or new design concepts.
March 16, 2020 | McMinnville, OR: The Northwest UAV NW-44 Heavy-Fuel Engine has reached the noteworthy milestone of logging over 21,000 operational hours. With an innovative design that focuses on maintainability, Northwest UAV’s NW-44 UAV Engine has developed a reputation for being the UAV industry’s reliable, cost effective propulsion solution.
Northwest UAV has partnered with Inertial Labs to add their best in class positioning, navigation, and orientation technologies to NWUAV’s impressive list of UAS technologies and services. Maintaining a constant focus on providing the highest quality, Inertial Labs offers the best value, smallest, most accurate, and lowest power consumption products. This philosophy of product design and development perfectly aligns with Northwest UAV’s commitment to providing the highest quality and best value building blocks for the unmanned industry …
October 9, 2019 | McMinnville, OR: The Northwest UAV NW-44 Heavy-Fuel Engine has reached the noteworthy milestone of logging over 21,000 operational hours. With an innovative design that focuses on maintainability, Northwest UAV’s NW-44 UAV Engine has developed a reputation for being the UAV industry’s reliable, cost effective propulsion solution.
Purpose-built for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that require high reliability and easy maintainability, the NW-44 Engine (pictured on a test stand with a new muffler design) is a lightweight, multi-fuel UAV engine. The NW-44 is a complete turn-key engine system designed to be a COTS solution for Tier II UAVs (40-75 lbs). Its innovative design virtually eliminates development costs, saving customers millions of dollars and several years stuck in the engineering development cycle. The milestone of 21,000 operational hours clearly speaks to the NW-44 Engine’s reliability …
September 9, 2019 | McMinnville, OR: With FAA’s Terry Wilmeth and Rich Davis along with University of Alaska Fairbanks representatives Jimmy Parrish, Tom Elmer and Nick Adkins, Northwest UAV’s Flight, Analysis, and System Test (FAST) UAV Range completed its inaugural flight Wednesday, September 4th. The Certificate of Authorization (COA) obtained by the University of Alaska Fairbanks allows Northwest UAV to operate its own test range under the Pan-Pacific UAS Complex. The range facilitates flights up to 4,000 feet in a 5 nautical mile radius of airspace just 12 miles south of NWUAV’s main campus, which offers a variety of UAV products and services.
The FAST Range inaugural flight was performed Wednesday, September 4th by Tim Klein of Klein Engineering, who flew a DJI Phantom Drone for the day…
June 17, 2019 | McMinnville, OR: In just a few months the NW-44 Heavy-Fuel Engine has added over 500 flights to its logbooks, bringing its combat flight total to 1500 flights. As the purpose-built engine continues to soar, Northwest UAV is proud to see the Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solution providing warfighters and commercial operators with the best propulsion system in the small UAV category.
A complete turn-key, Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) engine system designed for Small Unmanned Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS), the NW-44 Engine is a lightweight, heavy-fuel engine that performs better on every metric …
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