page_title: Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle
section_title: Liftoff
hierarchical_section_title: Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle / Liftoff
caption_attribution_description: English: Timeline demonstrating the progress and accomplishments of the WEAV project from mid 2008 to early 2011.
context_page_description: The Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle is a heavier than air flight system developed at the
  University of Florida, funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The WEAV was invented in 2006 by Dr. Subrata Roy, plasma physicist, aerospace engineering professor at the University of Florida, and has been a subject of several patents.
  The WEAV employs no moving parts, and combines the aircraft structure,
  propulsion, energy production and storage, and control subsystems into one
  integrated system.
context_section_description: An early prototype of the WEAV was able to sustain hovering flight a few millimeters above the ground for approximately 3 minutes. Prototypes of varying radii were also successfully tested, suggesting scalability of the design.
caption: Timeline demonstrating the accomplishments and progress of the WEAV.
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