Ukrainian volunteers have started using e-cigarette batteries to help power drones deployed in the war against Russia. Continue reading
Category Archives: Aircraft Propulsion & Energy
China’s CH-10 Tilt-Rotor Drone gets Domestically Developed Engine
With a procurement contract signed recently, China’s latest CH large tilt-rotor drone will get a domestically developed turboshaft engine, giving the aircraft advantages in terms of efficiency and reliability in transport missions, developers said on Monday. Continue reading
Event 38 Demonstrates Hydrogen Fuel Cell Endurance
Event 38 Unmanned Systems, a manufacturer of American-made mapping drones, announced the successful completion of a demo flight of the E450, a drone powered by a hydrogen fuel cell on Monday, June 13, at the Kent State University airport. Continue reading
Suter/CAE Signs MOU with Pinnacle Aircraft Engines for US Overhaul Services
Suter/CAE have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pinnacle Aircraft Engines (PAE) to provide USA overhaul services on Suter’s TOA288 UAV engine. Suter’s TOA288 engine is flying on the Shield.AI V-Bat 128 and Volansi’s Voly 20 and Voly 50 VTOL solutions. Continue reading
Skydweller, Luxembourg and Leonardo to Test Ultra-Persistent, Solar-Powered, Unmanned Aerial Platform
Skydweller Aero Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Luxembourg’s Minister of Defence (MoD) and Leonardo to explore opportunities for future cooperation involving the Skydweller Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Continue reading
Drones Re-Charge on Power Lines in Denmark
Following several years of testing and development, the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) announced that it has developed a flying drone which can connect directly to high-voltage power lines and recharge its battery without having to return to base. The exciting innovation was presented with a test in central Odense, Denmark’s third-largest city. Continue reading
Hypersonix Gets $5.6M Defence Grant for 3D Printed DART AE Technology Demonstrator
On the 21st of April 2022, the Australian Federal Government announced the successful applicants of the Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) Defence Translation stream. Continue reading
Skydweller Gets $14M Defense Contract for Extreme-Endurance Solar Aircraft Systems
Skydweller U.S. Inc., a subsidiary of Skydweller Aero Inc., a U.S.-Spanish aerospace company developing solar-powered aircraft for defense and commercial industries, announced it has been awarded a $14 million contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in conjunction with U.S. Navy, to advance and integrate technologies in support of Skydweller’s development of its extreme-endurance, solar-powered aircraft. Continue reading