content: 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)
  
  
  
  Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
  simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following   provisions  (see  General  Instruction  A.2.  below):
  
  [ ]  Written communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
       (17 CFR 230.425)
  [ ]  Soliciting  material  pursuant to Rule 14a-12  under the Exchange Act
       (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  [ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
       Exchange  Act (17 CFR  240.14d-2(b))
  [ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
       Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  
  
  
  
  
  
  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.
  
  
                                   ###
  
  
  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
  ----------------------
  George E. Ponticas
  Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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text: 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)
  
  Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
  simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following   provisions  (see  General  Instruction  A.2.  below):
  
  [ ]  Written communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
       (17 CFR 230.425)
  [ ]  Soliciting  material  pursuant to Rule 14a-12  under the Exchange Act
       (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  [ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
       Exchange  Act (17 CFR  240.14d-2(b))
  [ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
       Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  
  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.
  
                                   ###
  
  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
  ----------------------
  George E. Ponticas
  Chief Financial Officer and Secretary