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ATL UAV Fuel Bladder Tanks
Fuel Bladders for Drones/UAVs, Aircraft, Missiles, ROVs & UUVs and Jet Packs
ATL has been building safety fuel cell bladder tanks for 40 years and UAV/ROV bladder cells for over 25 years!

ATL, an AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 company, proudly produces flexible fuel cell bladder tanks for aircraft, drones/UAVs, rotorcraft, missiles, ROVs & UUVs. These tough, light-weight flex-tanks resist motor gasoline, diesel, avgas and JP fuels including JP-8, JP-10 and JP-TS. Other bladders are available for hydrogen, propane and alcohol fuels.

ATL's fuel cell installations can be designed as ventless collapsing "diaphragms" or as vented non-collapsing "liners."

Flexible bladder materials from ATL span the range from super-light .010" (.25 mm) thickness to .040" (1.02 mm) "crashworthy" and then to .085" (2.16 mm) self-sealing variety.


Modern CAD systems create soft tooling or "e-templates" which enable ATL to offer prototype bladders within 2 weeks, and ramped-up production within a month.

Click Here to read an editorial about ATL Fuel Bladders in "Unmanned Systems"
Click Here to see ATL in "Unmanned Vehicles" & "Unmanned Systems" Magazine
Click Here for UAV Product Literature
Click Here for Design Engineer's Worksheet

ATL's Customers Include:
AAI - Textron Force Protection Livermore Labs Robot Aviation
Aerosonde Galileo Avionica Lockheed Martin Scaled Composites
Arcturus General Atomics NASA Scripts Inst.
AREAI General Dynamics Marenco Swiss Heli. Selex ES
Aurora General Electric Martin Aircraft Shield Aviation
BAE Google Meggitt Defense Sikorsky
Bell Textron Griffon Aerospace NAVMAR TACOM
Boeing Honeywell NAWCAD Terrafugia
Carnegie Mellon Hybrid Air Vehicles Northrop Grumman The Flying Bulls
Cranfield Aerospace Jacobs NSWC Turkish Aerospace
DARPA JetPack Aviation Pratt & Whitney UAV Solutions
Drone America L3 Raytheon U.S. Army
DRS Finmeccanica Ricardo UK U.S. Marine
EADS (Cassidian) Leigh Aerosystems Robertson Woods Hole
Features of ATL UAV/ROV Fuel Bladders:
  • Fully collapsible for easy installation/removal
  • Available in any size, geometry, or material
  • Electronically templated; Near zero tooling cost
  • Light weight and thin-walled for greater fuel capacity
  • Total fuel scavenging options
  • Low fuel diffusion rate; can surpass Mil-DTL-6396F
  • CAD/CAM production for accuracy and reproducibility
  • Light weight composite fittings and flanges
  • Resistant to Avgas, Mogas, JP4, 5, 8, 10; Jet A, B; Kerosene,
    Bio-Ethanol E10, Diesel, Bio-Diesel, Bio-Butanol B10 and Bio-Jet
  • Special bladder materials available for rocket/missile/torpedo fuels. Specifically: hydrogen peroxide, hydrazine, Otto Fuel II, HAN fuel, JP-7, methanol, nitromethane, propane,
    butane and others
  • Baffles, vent valves, quantity gauges, drains, collectors etc. fully integrated
  • General Atomics Predator Award for Quality and On-time delivery
  • Can serve as secondary fuel containment if wing or fuselage is cracked or punctured
  • Immune to shock, impact, vibration, launching, retrieval and hard landings
  • Operates to 60,000 ft. within temperatures of 200°F (95°C) and
    -60°F (-50°C)
  • Modest cost, long life, low-to-zero maintenance
  • Safety foam explosion-proofing system option
Design and Engineering Systems at ATL:
  • KeyCreator
  • Auto CAD
  • CATIA
ATL's Quality System:
  • ATL-9000
  • Mil-Q-9858-A
  • Mil-I-45208
  • ISO-9001-2015
  • AS 9100D
ATL's Fuel Tank Variety:
  • Light-weight bladders
  • Self-seal bladders
  • Aluminum welded tanks
  • Roto-molded polymer tanks
  • Carbon fiber tanks
ATL Fuel Bladder Accessories:
Sumps Filters Anti-stat Foam Wire Harnesses
Drains Surge-tanks Refuelers Hoppers
Flanges Flop tubes Hangers Dry-breaks
Piccolo tubes Vent valves UID Quick-connects
Baffles Trap doors Weirs Gauging
ATL
ATL-794-A White, “Skytec”
Most popular
.013"(0.3mm) thick
Rubberized nylon
ATL-794-A
ATL-826-A "Bantam"
FT3
.026" (0.7mm) thick
Aramid Reinforced
ATL-826-A
ATL-516-40 Yellow
“Skytec”
.040” (1mm) thick
Conformal
ATL-516-40
ATL-895-A Translucent, “FluoroCell”
FAA-TSO compliant
Hi-temp, All-fuel
.016" (0.4mm) thick
ATL-895-A
ATL-893-B Black
“Fluoro Cell”
Semi-self-seal
.050” (1.25 mm) thick
ATL-893-B
ATL-854-B H-D Rubberized
Nylon, MIL-T-52983
DOD-ATPD-2266
.065" (1.65mm) thick
ATL-854-B
ATL-894-A Tri-Ax Aramid
Omni-Directional Strength
ATL-894-A
ATL-565 Black, “Saver Cell”
Molded Polymer
.100” (2.54mm) to
.25” (6.35mm) thick
ATL-565
ATL UAV/ROV Refueler:

ATL's "Two-By-Two"™ Portable Refueling System

The ATL “Two-By-Two”™ Portable Refueling System is a complete package for transferring fuel from ATL Petro-Flex® tanks (or rigid tanks) to ground vehicles, helicopters, airplanes, military vehicles, or other tanks and drums.

The “Two-By-Two”™ System may also be used to fill storage vessels when offloading tank trucks, wagons or transport trucks... CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

REFUELER FEATURES:

  • Available with 2HP Electric Motor, 3HP Gas Engine, or 4.2HP Diesel Engine (Most Popular)
  • 100 GPM centrifugal pump (100 GPM free flow, Approx. 60 GPM after filtration)
  • Includes: 1/2 micron filter, hoses, nozzle, totalizer, ground strap, relief valve, pressure gauge, condensate bleed and roller cart.
  • Optional Flowmeter (Gallons or Liters)
  • Resistant to gasoline (mogas), diesel, JP4, 5, 6, 8, 10, Avgas and 30% oxygenates
ATL's 2x2 Portable Refueling System
ATL's Electronic Tooling:
Here is a typical ATL fuel cell bladder e-template...

ATL Tooling Template

Totally defined, thoroughly precise, and continuously repeatable…
cell after cell after cell!

* Important: Some overseas applications of ATL Fuel Systems may require I.T.A.R. registration through D.O.S., U.S. Customs and/or D.O.D. if included on the USA Munitions List.
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ATL is the Official Fuel Bladder of JetPack Aviation!

"Since 2007 we have been developing and flight testing our JetPacks with highly customized, MIL-SPEC, and very lightweight ATL fuel tank bladders.

ATL’s engineering expertise, high quality construction, and rapid turnaround has continued to inspire confidence in fuel bladder solutions that maximize our flight time and provides the safe foundation for feeding our jet engines throughout all our JetPack prototypes.

ATL is one of our top suppliers and their bladder solutions are a primary enabling technology to finally realize the century old dream of a compact, portable, and true JetPack."

- Stefano Paris - Chief Design Engineer of JetPack Aviation


Flex-Tanks, Diaphragms, Water & Waste Bladders, Accumulators, Compensators, Bellows, & Expulsion Bladders for Launch Vehicles, Probes, Satellites, Shuttles, Moon/Mars Vehicles, & the International Space Station

ATL designs and manufactures collapsible vessels, expulsion bladders, accumulators and compensators for performing many space-related functions. "CWR's" (collapsible water reservoirs) by ATL contain and dispense ultra-pure water for EMU's, SpaceLab experiments and condensate recovery systems. "CWC's (contingency water containers) collect fuel cell water for critical crew supplies, and also function as waste holding bladders and purification system components.

Other flexible fabrications from ATL include media bags, bellows, crystal growth chambers, surge dampers, fuel and solvent containers, inflatable structures and impact attenuators.

Discuss your needs for high reliability, micro gravity flex-tanks with an ATL design engineer. In most cases they can provide a sophisticated yet inexpensive solution using one of ATL's 100 in-house flexible-composite materials.

ATL's "CWC" Water Bladder on board the I.S.S.
ATL water bladder expulsion device for crew quarters.
ATL's expulsion-type water bladders are fitted into the supporting walls of NASA's new I.S.S. prototype "crew quarters." These bladders will not only supply potable water, but will also act as shielding to protect the crew from harmful exposure to gamma radiation.



Typical Custom Bladder Devices Developed and Built by ATL for Numerous Space Applications (refers to bladders pictured above):

1. EVA Sublimator Re-Fill Bladder 2. Liquid-Tight Zipper-Bag I.S.S. TUBSS 3. "CWC" Water Bladder Shuttle & I.S.S.
4. Accumulator Compensator 5.
Space-Lab Animal Feed System 6. Gas/Vapor Collection (Pillow)
7.
I.S.S. Temporary Urine & Brine Storage System (TUBSS) 8. Dielectric Oil Conservator 9. Bellows Life Support Prototype



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