Hanwha Aerospace has announced a joint development program with the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) to produce a 4,500-pound-class turbofan engine for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and other unmanned aerial platforms. Continue reading
Category Archives: Aircraft Propulsion & Energy
China’s 800-Cycle Lithium-Sulfur Battery Could Double Drone Flight Time
Chinese researchers have developed a new approach to significantly enhance the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries, a breakthrough that could one day enable drones to fly much farther on a single charge. Continue reading
EDGE Group to Acquire Italian Engine Firm CMD
Costruzio ni Motori Diesel S.p.A. (CMD), a leading Italian company specialised in the design, prototyping, and development of advanced propulsion systems for automotive, marine, and aeronautical applications, has received an acquisition proposal from EDGE Group, a company founded in 2019 and based in the United Arab Emirates, one of the leading international technology groups.
AIRO’s ‘Slowed Rotor’ Hybrid VTOL Long Range Cargo Drone on Show
Aerospace firm AIRO, along with its brand Jaunt Air Mobility, unveiled new dual-use vertical-takeoff-and landing (VTOL) drones — the JC250 cargo variant and the JX250 ISR variant — with “slowed-rotor” architecture and hybrid-electric propulsion, at the Xponential/MDEX conference. Continue reading
First Flight for DARPA’s XRQ-73 Hybrid-Electric Flying Wing Drone
DARPA, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Northrop Grumman, flew the XRQ-73, a hybrid-electric, unmanned experimental aircraft.
KULR Secures Defence Drone Battery Order with Potential Value of $5M for 2026
KULR Technology Group, Inc. , an energy-systems platform company that enables the safe, certifiable deployment of ultra-high-power lithium battery systems for space and defence programs, hyperscale AI data centers, and telecom infrastructure OEMs, announced that it received initial purchase orders totaling nearly $1.0 million from a U.S. defence technology company and manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems specializing in first-person view drones for military use. Continue reading
Kratos and U.S. Army Integrate Kratos J85 Engine into Kratos Firejet Drone System
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that it has completed the initial flight series of the Kratos J85 engine version of the Firejet unmanned aerial system (UAS), dubbed Mk1 Firejet. This second major configuration of the Firejet enables users/customers to select the model that best suits their operational requirements.
Kraus Hamdani Demonstrates Extended-Endurance UAS Flight Using Wireless Power Beaming
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace (KHA), in partnership with PowerLight Technologies, demonstrated wireless power beaming to the K1000ULE during flight operations at Shaw Air Force Base, sustaining airborne operations without interrupting mission coverage. Continue reading