Within the framework of the 2023 Aeronautical Technology Programme, Embention, Fiber Laminates, Zelestium and Abervian, leaders in different aspects of aircraft and electrification, have joined forces on the ELECTRA project. Continue reading
Category Archives: Aircraft Propulsion & Energy
Chinese Startup’s Coin-Sized Nuclear Battery Could Fly Drones ‘Continuously’
Betavolt, a Chinese tech company, is claiming with its newly unveiled miniature nuclear battery that it says can keep working for up to 50 years. The Beijing-based company claims to have entered the “pilot stage” for the battery, which is smaller than a coin and will soon put it into mass production. Continue reading
Raytheon Gets $10M DARPA Contract to Create Network of ‘Energy Webs”
Raytheon, an RTX business, has received a $10 million contract from DARPA to design and develop a wireless airborne relay system to deliver energy into contested environments. Continue reading
HevenDrones Unveils New Hydrogen Drones with Extended Range
HevenDrones, a pioneer in maximizing the potential and power of drones using hydrogen fuel, proudly introduced its latest innovation, the H2D200 Series, during the company’s appearance at the Monaco Hydrogen Forum. Continue reading
Schubeler and Bellwether Industries to Build and Test Electric Propulsion Systems
Bellwether Industries, a developer of Urban Aerial Mobility (UAM) solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Schubeler, a global supplier of electric propulsion technology. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in the evolution of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) solutions. Continue reading
Skyryse Introduces World’s First Fully Automated Autorotation
In a major breakthrough, aviation software and safety technology startup Skyryse has completed the world’s first-ever fully automated autorotation emergency landing procedure, one of dozens of first-of-its-kind safety features that will come standard on all Skyryse technology-equipped airplanes and helicopters. Continue reading
Piasecki Gets $37M USAF Award for Next-Gen VTOLs and Hydrogen Propulsion Technologies
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation, a global supplier of rotorcraft and aerial vehicles, announced that it has been awarded a $37 million multi-year contract by AFWERX, the Air Force’s innovation arm in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), as part of its Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) program. Continue reading
Towards More Efficient Electric Propulsion UAV Systems Using Boundary Layer Ingestion
Researchers at the Escuela Politecnica Nacional in Ecuador have just published a paper which examines a formulation for the sizing of ducted fans for BLI configurations with a distributed propulsion system, based on the NASA X-48B. Continue reading