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N1856A

Edge Autonomy PENGUIN-B

Valid Defense dronesMaryland

N1856A is an Edge Autonomy PENGUIN-B, a hybrid-lift aircraft with a two-stroke engine (it takes off vertically and flies on wings). It is unmanned. It is registered to University Of Maryland UAS Research, a government body in California, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 31, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Edge Autonomy (United States)
Model
PENGUIN-B
Serial number
PNB1031
Type
Hybrid lift
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 motor
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A1566A (octal 50253152)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 31, 2025
Expires
July 31, 2032
Last FAA action
July 31, 2025
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01511216

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
University Of Maryland UAS Research
Type
Government
Address
44181 Airport Rd
California, MD 20619-1900
Co-owners
And Operations Center

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2017-10-28Piper PA-18A · Revoked, canceled

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data