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