ENGINE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC

Fort Wayne, IN · Aerospace · Private

Ultra-quiet internal combustion engines with migrating combustion chamber technology for unmanned aerial systems and auxiliary power units

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · ericksonmotors.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Fort Wayne, IN
Total capital: $9.4M

Federal grants: $1.6M; 3 awards · 2014–2021; Rank in peer group#30 of 91
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $7.7M; 11 awards · Defense; Rank in Aerospace#268 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Aug 2023Federal contractDefense · Ultra-quiet, Long Endurance, Group 1 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Engines$1.2M
Oct 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Ultra-Quiet Alternate Fuels Engine for Unmanned Vehicles and APUs$745K
Feb 2021Federal contractDefense · Ultra-quiet Alternate Fuels Engine For Unmanned Vehicles$50K
Nov 2019Federal contractDefense · Advanced Material/sealing Concepts For Small Heavy-fuel, Remotely Piloted Aircraft (rpa's) Propulsion Systems$748K
Aug 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Advanced Material/Sealing Concepts for Small Heavy-Fuel, Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAs) Propulsion Systems$149K
Nov 2014Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Advanced Propulsion and Power Concepts for Large Size Class Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)$747K
Nov 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Adv Propulsion And Power Concepts For Large Size Class Unman$927K

Show 7 earlier federal awards

Jul 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR I: Advanced Propulsion And Power Concepts For Large Size Class Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)$149K
Sep 2012Federal contractDefense · R&d Effort In The Amount Of $2,780,562.00. 2 Kw Power Generation System.$2.8M
Jul 2010Federal contractDefense · R&d STTR Topic #N10A-T001$69K
Dec 2009Federal contractDefense · SBIR II$1.1M
Jun 2009Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase I$99K
Jun 2008Federal contractDefense · Integrated Power Generation For Small Unmanned Vehicles$100K
Jan 2008Federal contractDefense · Ue-uav Heavy Fuel Engine(era) - Phase I$520K

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Standing among 91 peers

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Aerospace · Device

Federal grants#30 · top 33%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Aerospace

Sector-level, not company-level

06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.