SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 3, 2006
SONEX RESEARCH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)
Maryland 000-14465 52-1188993
(State or other (Commision file (IRS employer
jurisdiction of number) identification no.)
incorporation)
23 Hudson Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
(Address of principal executive offices)
(410) 266-5556
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 8.01 - OTHER EVENTS
On January 3, 2006, the Registrant issued the following announcement over the
newswire and posted it on its website (www.sonexresearch.com):
SONEX RECEIVES $272,700 CONTRACT FOR UAV
HEAVY FUEL ENGINE CONVERSION
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, January 3, 2006 - SONEX RESEARCH, INC. (OTC SONX), a leader
in the field of combustion technology, announced that it has signed a contract
for $272,700 with a large international defense company to develop a combustion
system to convert a small gasoline engine to start and operate on standard
military kerosene-based fuels (also referred to as "heavy fuels") for potential
use in a military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The contract grants the
customer sole rights for five years to the SCS HFETM conversion design for this
model engine.
The Department of Defense (DoD) now requires engines used in UAVs and other
military applications for which gasoline storage and use are undesirable, to
operate on less volatile, kerosene-based heavy fuels to reduce the hazard
associated with gasoline. Sonex will design and develop a heavy fuel engine
(HFE) conversion process for this small, two-stroke, spark-ignited (SI) gasoline
engine based on the patented Sonex Combustion System (SCS) modified combustion
chamber design and proprietary starting system f or two-stroke SI engines.
Under this contract, Sonex will use its best efforts over the next few months to
develop a laboratory prototype engine operating on JP-8 heavy fuel, and will
conduct performance testing and limited durability testing. Upon attainment of a
successful prototype SCS HFETM, Sonex hopes to be contracted for a follow-on
program for the development, fabrication and qualification of pre-production,
flight ready engines.
Contact: George E. Ponticas, CFO, Sonex Research, Inc., tel: 410-266-5556,
email: george.ponticas@sonex-na.com, website: www.sonexresearch.com.
About Sonex
Sonex Research, Inc., a leader in the field of combustion technology, is
developing its patented Sonex Combustion System (SCS) piston-based technology
for in-cylinder control of ignition and combustion, designed to increase fuel
mileage and reduce emissions of internal combustion engines. Sonex plans to
complete development, commercialize and market its Sonex Controlled Auto
Ignition (SCAI) combustion process to the automotive industry to improve fuel
efficiency of gasoline powered vehicles. Additionally, independent third-party
testing has confirmed the potential of the SCS application for direct-injected
diesel engines to significantly reduce harmful soot in-cylinder without
increasing fuel consumption. Other SCS designs are being used to convert
gasoline engines of various sizes to operate on safer, diesel-type "heavy fuels"
for use in military and commercial applications requiring light weight and safe
handling and storage of fuel, such as in UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles).
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
"Forward-looking" statements contained in this report, as well as all publicly
disseminated material about the Company, are made pursuant to the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Act. Such statements are based
on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions by management
with respect to matters such as commercial acceptance of the SCS technology, the
impact of competition, and the Company's financial condition or results of
operations. Readers are cautioned tha t such statements are not guarantees of
future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking
statements.
Additional information regarding the risks faced by Sonex is provided in the
Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
under the heading "Risk Factors". Such filings are available upon request from
the Company or online in the SEC's EDGAR database at www.sec.gov. The Company,
however, is delinquent in its filings with the SEC. It has not filed its Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004 because it lacks the
financial resources to engage its ind ependent accountants to conduct an audit
of the December 31, 2004 financial statements and because its limited staff has
not had time to prepare the Form 10-KSB itself. For the same reasons, the
Company has been unable to file its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for March
31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005. The Company is unable to predict
when it will be able to make these filings and there can be no assurance that
the filings will be made at all. In addition, there can be no assurance tha t a
public market for the Company's Common Stock will continue to exist.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
January 3, 2006
SONEX RESEARCH, INC.
Registrant
/s/ George E. Ponticas
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George E. Ponticas
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary