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Zyvex Technologies Reveals the Piranha Unmanned Surface Vessel

Nano-enhanced carbon fiber vessel conducting sea trials in Puget Sound. Demonstrates lightweight advantage for greater fuel efficiency and increased payload.

Everett, WA (PRWEB) October 17, 2010

Zyvex Technologies announces the start of initial sea trials and reveals the first official images of the Piranha Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV). The largest structure ever built with nano-enhanced carbon fiber, the Piranha USV is a 54’ vessel that weighs less than 9,000 lbs. For unmanned operations, the lightweight Piranha USV has dramatic increases in range, payload, and fuel efficiency that make it ideal for long range surveillance, patrol, and anti-piracy operations.

Compared to other vessels built from traditionally heavier materials such as aluminum, the Piranha USV has ten times the range, three times the payload, and a 75% increase in fuel efficiency. “Our materials technology makes this possible,” says Russell Belden, Vice President of the Advanced Composite Solutions group for Zyvex Technologies. “This is a cost-effective platform that will enable useful unmanned surface vessel operations for the United States and our allies. Unmanned aerial operations have proved essential over the last decade and we believe that this platform will deliver a future of secure harbors and safety on the high seas.” (more…)

Drone Boat to be Built in Bothell

Sailors take note: That fast-moving, gray and black object crisscrossing Puget Sound near Everett is not an orca, it’s a Piranha.

As in Piranha USV, a 54-foot-long prototype of an unmanned surface vessel (USV) that began its sea trials this past week.

It’s made of carbon-fiber composites like the 787 Dreamliner, but with an extra ingredient — nanotube molecules that add strength and stiffness, according to developer Zyvex Technologies of Ohio.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sundaybuzz/2013104039_sundaybuzz10.html

What’s that strange boat on Puget Sound?

GLENN FARLEY KING 5 NEWS

SEATTLE – If you look out at Puget Sound from Seattle to Everett, you may get a peek at it — a strange looking boat with camouflage paint.

It is intended to carry out its missions unmanned.

It’s called the Piranha, a boat developed with private funds trying to get the attention of U.S and Allied navies as well as the Department of Homeland Security.

Zyvex Performance Materials Announces New Company Name: Zyvex Technologies

New name reflects expansion into design and fabrication of nano-enhanced composite components and structures.

Columbus, OH, October 4, 2010 – Zyvex Performance Materials, a recognized world leader in nanotechnology, announced its new company name: Zyvex Technologies.

“Our company has been built on the mission represented by our original name – developing high performance materials,” said Lance Criscuolo, President of Zyvex Technologies. “Our new name now better represents our expansion into helping customers build products from the superior materials that we continue to develop. Better materials make better products and deliver greater performance capabilities to our customers”

The name change coincides with an expansion near Seattle, WA as Zyvex Technologies combines its expertise in nanomaterials development with the latest composite construction methods. “Our new Advanced Composite Solutions facility is where we take ideas and concepts and turn them into reality using our latest technologies,” said Russell Belden, Vice President of the Advanced Composite Solutions group for Zyvex Technologies. “Customers continued to ask for our help in creating complete solutions with the materials we develop, so we expanded to fill that demand with our own capabilities.” The new facility is home to production equipment as well as the engineering and design team that develops prototype structures built with Zyvex’s advanced materials. (more…)

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