Small Sat or Bust
Velontra CEO, Robert Keane, returns to Small Satellite Conference in Utah.
Go Bronco! Go Bearcats!
University of Cincinnati’s Dean of Engineering, and Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer witnessed Bronco engine demonstration.
Summer Whites
Velontra is proud to have hosted two midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy, Sam Anglen and Ethan Schneider.
Senator Brown Supporting Aerospace in the Birthplace
Senator Brown Supporting Aerospace in the Birthplace Velontra recently had the pleasure of hosting Senator Sherrod Brown’s State Director, John Ryan, and Southwest Regional Director, Joyce Frazier-Powdrill. They took a tour of our test facility and witnessed a live engine demo. This visit was an important opportunity for us to display how Velontra is playing …
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Featured in Forbes
Featured in Forbes Velontra is accelerating quickly and literally. With VC funding and multiple government contracts, we have rapidly developed our unique hypersonic technology. The air-breathing propulsion system has been tested at our facility and now in the wind tunnel at Purdue University. The article below does a great job at highlighting some of our …
Velontra Hypersonic Space Plane Flies into Y-Combinator
Velontra is building a hypersonic space plane that can takeoff from anywhere in any weather. This horizontal takeoff increases launch reliability and enables customers to directly access any orbit. Our air-breathing propulsion system is up to 6 times more fuel efficient than any rocket, and uses oxygen from the air which creates thousands of pounds …
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Birthplace of Aviation
Velontra is excited to be actively involved in the Ohio ecosystem. We are developing cutting edge hypersonic technology a few miles away from where the Wright brothers built the world’s first flying machine. We were very honored to be featured by TechOhio, the Voice of Ohio Third Frontier. Check out this awesome video and write …
Boldly Go
Velontra is moving forward into the unknown, as we rapidly develop hypersonic propulsion and platforms. We are proud to announce that we are teamed with University of Missouri Kansas City to pursue research and development in hypersonics. Our ability to rapidly prototype, combined with UMKC’s subject matter expertise and facilities will accelerate our technology development. …
Autonomy Bytes!!!
Velontra’s CEO Rob Keane was honored to be invited on a podcast with Dr. Shepherd and Ryan Smith of Sinclair Community College. In keeping with the highest of Dayton traditions, Sinclair has aerospace programs focused on UAV’s. Velontra is excited to be collaborating with Sinclair as we develop unmanned hypersonic platforms. Here is the link …
Velontra Gathers Speed
Velontra is accelerating and catching attention. We are excited to be featured in numerous articles and websites including Yahoo Finance and Market Watch. Velontra is developing attritable hypersonic technology more time and cost effectively than ever. As a VOSB we are warfighter owned, warfighter operated, and developing technology for fellow warfighters.
Team Member Monday’s #1: Craig Whelden
Craig’s leadership journey began as an Eagle Scout at age 14. Thirty years later, he was the youngest General in the United States Army. Combined with another nine years as a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) with the U.S. Marine Corps, he has led thousands of Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Civilians. Serving 12 …
Demo Day
This is the Velontra team during a demonstration event held for businesses, research institutions, and investor partners. The event was a blast, thanks to all who came out to support it. The entrepreneur and science community is an incredible thing to be a part of. The ramjet prototype functioned well and allowed Velontra to highlight …
It’s Hype Time!!!
Velontra successfully completed testing of one of the world’s smallest ramjets. A ramjet functions by using a platform’s velocity as a way to raise pressure without heavy and complicated turbo machinery. This has been used on aircraft like the SR-71. We developed a test facility to simulate the high pressure and temperature air that the …
Layer by Layer
Velontra’s unique ability to prototype hypersonic components incredibly quickly hinges on a key enabling technology, additive manufacturing. Here is a picture of Velontra’s additively manufactured ramjet prototype. This design was created with 1 print job with 1 part!!! Additive manufacturing builds a prototype one small layer at a time. This allows it to be incredibly …
Testing — 3,2,1…
This was an amazing and successful weekend with Velontra testing hardware. Velontra’s additively manufactured small-scale ramjet performed well. The test proved Velontra’s F.A.S.T. methodology and provided outstanding lessons learned to be utilized in further innovation of the design. It is great to be part of a VOSB developing and testing hypersonic technology from warfighters for …
Racing Handoff
The B-52 is one of the oldest and longest running airplanes in the USAF fleet. It is pretty cool to see “BUFF” being used “literally” as a step-off point for hypersonic technology development. The B-52 will be used to launch early prototypes of this hypersonic missile. It is also great to the collaboration with the …
Oldie but Goodie
The SR-71 and its propulsion system was a ground breaking project undertaken in the late 1950’s. The speed and efficiency Skunk Works developed and prototyped a new aircraft and propulsion system is incredible. It was a great partnership between an aerospace and a propulsion company. This is the power of American ingenuity and entrepreneurship. Ramjet …
To the Moon!!!
The space exploration boom is just starting. Led by U.S. investors and entrepreneurs, records are being set and boundaries expanded. As the investment money pours in, it will be exciting to see what prototypes and innovative developments are made in the Final Frontier. As a VOSB, Velontra will be pushing the speed, cost, and efficiency …
Hyper Focused!!!
The Pentagon has established Hypersonics as a top priority for technological progress. The plan outlines 4 phases for this. Phase 1 is “Technology development and concept demonstration.” Phase 2 is “Weapon system concept prototype development and demonstration.” Phases 3 and 4 are systems fielding and acquisition planes. In this first phase, agile VOSB’s and tech …