COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE

Stavatti Commercial Aerospace is the passenger aircraft development and manufacturing enterprise of Stavatti Aerospace. Established in 2005, Commercial Aerospace is chartered with the mission of designing, developing, prototyping, testing, certifying, manufacturing and supporting commercial passenger and cargo aircraft.

Commercial Aerospace evolved from Stavatti's military aerospace enterprise, beginning with the design of a regional airliner derivative of the SM-70 series of tactical transports designated the SM-74. Representing Stavatti's first commercial aircraft, the SM-74 will serve as a 100-passenger class, twin turboprop regional airliner. Capable of operating from short-fields, the SM-74 will allow regional airlines to efficiently expand their basis of operations, thereby improving their business model to better address real customer needs. Offering wide-body airliner comfort and accommodation, the SM-74 will dramatically improve short-haul commercial air-transportation.

The SM-74 will enter production within 18 months of the SM-72 tactical transport. A stand-alone, joint-program of Stavatti's Military Aerospace and Commercial Aerospace enterprises, the SM-72/73/74 series is anticipated to enter production in the 2014-2018 time-frame, most probably following the production of the SM-27/SM-47 series. Serving as Stavatti's first commercial airliner, the SM-74 will be the first of many next generation air transport solutions envisioned for production over the next 50 years.

COMMERCIAL VISION

There was a time not too long ago when America was home to a number of commercial aircraft manufacturers including Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Fairchild and Lockheed. Today there is only one domestic producer of commercial airliners: Boeing. While the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world, the fact of the matter is that Boeing is continuously challenged by Airbus with respect to wide and narrow-body commercial aircraft production. In the field of regional airliners, Boeing does not offer a specific product, with virtually all turboprop and turbofan short-haul commercial aircraft being produced on foreign soil.
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The vision of Stavatti aerospace will expand the domestic production of both narrow and wide-body commercial aircraft while re-introducing the production of regional airliners to U.S. soil. Competing primarily with ATR, BAE Systems, Bombardier and EMBRAER, Stavatti will enter the commercial aircraft market with the production of 100 to 150 passenger short and medium range regional airliners.

Shortly after the SM-74 enters Full Rate Production, the Stavatti commercial aircraft line will expand to include the production of a 100 to 150 passenger twin turbofan regional airliner capable of cruising efficiently at 0.90 to 0.95 Mach.

From the production of 100 passenger class turboprop and turbofan regional airliners, over the next 50 years Stavatti commercial aerospace will expand to produce a diverse fleet of aerospace vehicles including:

FIRST GENERATION CORE PROGRAMS

Core First Generation Programs of Stavatti Commercial Aerospace include the SM-74 Twin Turboprop Regional Airliner to be followed by the SM-90 series of Twin Turbofan Medium Range Regional Airliner. The SM-74 is presently under development for production by Stavatti Commercial Aerospace. The SM-74 will be the first to enter production, followed by models of the SM-90 series. Although Stavatti has been developing these two aircraft series per this schedule, the actual development schedule may be adjusted to accommodate immediate customer requirements.

SM-74 Turboprop Regional Airliner

The SM-74 is a member of the SM-70 family of twin engine turboprop, Channel Wing STOL transport, cargo and multi-mission aircraft. Benefitting from a common wing, empennage, and powerplant arrangement, this variant of the SM-70 series features a fuselage of elliptical cross-section to serve as a passenger oriented commercial airliner. A direct alternative to the ATR-72 and Q400, the SM-74 is the only new design, domestic turboprop regional airliner presently under development.

Featuring an elliptical section fuselage proven in the SM-73, the SM-74 offers wide-body comfort to regional passengers, providing a main cabin that is 13 ft 10 inches at the floor and 15 ft 6 inches at its widest point. Envisioned to significantly improve the capabilities of Regional Airlines and Major Air Carriers alike, the SM-74 is ideal for commercial carriers worldwide.

Delivering a high performance cruise speed of over 400 kts at altitude, the SM-74 is faster than either the ATR 72-500 (276 kt cruise) or the Bombardier Q400 (360 kt cruise). Designed for STOL, the SM-74 will permit airlines to operate from a diverse array of locations including previously hard-to-service Caribbean and rural regions with short runways that ordinarily require steep approaches. Particularly well suited to operate under all climate types, including hot and high zones such as the Pacific Rim, India, the Caribbean and throughout Africa, the SM-74 is a high capacity airliner that enables swift departure from nearly any location during most weather conditions.

Engineered for elegant integration into existing commercial airline infrastructures, the SM-74 fuselage consists of two sections: the main cabin and a spacious cargo/baggage bay located below the main cabin in the aircraft belly. Envisioned to provide regional passengers with an unprecedented sense of comfort and satisfaction, the standard SM-74 cabin configuration includes six seats per row consisting of two modern triple seat sets separated by a 24-inch center aisle. Each seat is set at a 36 inch pitch to accommodate up to 100 Business Class passengers. With a wide floor, wide aisles, wide seats, and a stand-up 7 ft cabin at the center aisle, the SM-74 provides a sense of continuous comfort for passengers whose regional travel interfaces with a wide body transport element.

Pressurized to a 6,000 ft equivalent elevation at operating altitudes through FL 360, key cabin comfort features include engineering for reduced operations noise. The double-hull fuselage construction features vibration-dampening SRP interior skins attached to the aircraft's primary load-bearing structure with proprietary dampers to significantly reduce transmission of structural vibrations to the interior. To further reduce vibration, the main cabin floor is mounted on floor support beams with dynamic vibration dampers. Coupled with the channel wing configuration that inherently provides decibel reducing propeller tip ducting, the SM-74 will present a lower acoustical signature and greater passenger comfort than any regional airliner in its class. Offering fresh, rather than recirculated air, full-spectrum natural frequency interior lighting, and overhead luggage bins a full 5 ft above the floor, the SM-74 cabin will present a refreshing and relaxing passenger experience.

The SM-74 flight deck marries the SM-73 cockpit configuration with SM-72 avionics including the Honeywell SPZ-8500 integrated avionics and CNI-MS digital flight management system. The SM-74 is equipped with the Honeywell Visual Guidance System Head-Up Display (VGS HUD) and has a standard crew consisting of a pilot, a copilot and two flight attendants.
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The SM-74 will be manufactured at a single production facility and is scheduled to enter Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) between 2014 and 2017 or within three years of SM-27 series FRP. The SM-74 program will be managed by Stavatti Commercial Aerospace.