Aerofex has launched its Thrust Vectoring Evaluation Kit, enabling single-axis vectoring of an unshrouded aircraft propeller, with international orders available for delivery from August 2025.
The flight-ready kit has been developed for domestic researchers, universities, and OEMs, seeking to further their understanding of thrust vectoring capabilities. It provides everything required to characterize vectored thrust for specific applications, with what Aerofex believes to be the simplest embodiment of the technology.
It has also been designed to support research and development initiatives across multiple sectors, allowing drone manufacturers to scale beyond current limitations and unlock a new generation of unmanned aerial applications. This is especially prominent in the field of industrial-scale aerial robotics, such as construction, agriculture, and logistics.
This kit consists of 3 primary assemblies as well as comprehensive integration supplies, allowing researchers and developers to quickly start testing and evaluating thrust vectoring capabilities. The technology itself is protected by 7 patents both in force and pending in the US and internationally.
Because present drone platform technology is seemingly at its apex, and many manufacturers are struggling to differentiate themselves from competitors, or advance performance beyond the current state, the Thrust Vectoring Evaluation Kit’s launch is opportune and coincides with Aerofex’s leadership in thrust vectoring propulsion and control.
Chief Technology Officer Mark De Roche will present a technical paper titled “Thrust
Vector Control of Propeller Driven Craft” at the 2025 AIAA AVIATION Forum on July 23rd, 2025. This again demonstrates Aerofex’s ongoing contributions to aero technology advancement and thrust vectoring innovation.
The launch itself precedes the flight test campaign of Aerofex’s 200-600 lbs capacity dual propulsor testbed, which is enabled by a more sophisticated ducted version of the technology.
