FlexSys News

• September, 2011 — Dr. Kota's OSTP Appointment Extended
  Dr. Sridhar Kota accepted an appointment with the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the White House in 2009. This September Dr. Kota elected to stay with OSTP for a third year, enabling him to best serve the initiatives he has worked so hard to develop. Sridhar is the Assistant Director for Advanced Manufacturing and has been provided a special opportunity to impact domestic policy with regard to manufactured technologies. We wish him the best in this continued endeavor.
• August, 2010 — Lockheed Martin Subcontract Award
  FlexSys is awarded a subcontract with Lockheed Martin to investigate FlexSys leading edge morphing technology for laminar flow airfoils, sponsored by Air Force Research Laboratory.
• June, 2010 — Boeing Aircraft Subcontract Award
  FlexSys is awarded a subcontract with Boeing Aircraft to further develop the FlexSys Variable Droop Leading Edge technology for helicopter leading edge flaps, as part of the DARPA Mission Adaptive Rotor initiative.
• June, 2010 — Sikorsky Aircraft Subcontract Award
  FlexSys is awarded a subcontract with Sikorsky Aircraft to further develop the FlexSys ACTE technology for helicopter trailing edge flaps, as part of the DARPA Mission Adaptive Rotor initiative.
• March, 2010 — Assembly Magazine
  
• March, 2010 — Aviation Week: Air Force/NASA Flight Program
  
• January, 2010 — FlexSys Moves to 15,000 SF Space
  FlexSys relocates to a new 15,000 sf office in Ann Arbor, MI. This move provides much-needed shop space totaling 10,000 sf, enabling FlexSys to perform most prototype fabrication in-house.
• October, 2009 — Aviation Week: DARPA MAR
  
• October, 2009 — Army Phase I Award
  FlexSys is awarded a Phase 1 SBIR with the Army to develop a novel high-power density actuator for robotic applications, utilizing FlexSys' compliant actuator technology.
• October, 2009 — Air Force Phase 3 Award
  FlexSys is awarded a $7M Phase 3 with Air Force Research Laboratory to flight test the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) technology on a Gulfstream III by replacing both the port and starboard wings.
•     May, 2009 — Crain's Detroit Business
  
•     April, 2009 — Concentrate Media       
•     June, 2008 — FlexSys receives Alternative Energy Innovation Award from NextEnergy
•     February 2007 — Professional Pilot

•     November 26, 2006 — Aviation Week
•     November, 2006 — The New York Times
• July, 2006 — The Ann Arbor News
•  July, 2006 - The Ann Arbor Business Review
•  June, 2006 - The Dayton Daily News
•  October, 2005 — Global Watch Service
•     July, 2004 — Appliance Design
•     September, 2003 — Popular Science