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Edinburgh’s Flowcopter is developing long-range heavy-lift drones to help helicopter operators optimize freight, surveying, and search & rescue operations. The heavy-lift drones will run aviation-certified combustion engines that will drive digital displacement pumps – designed for harsh environments – providing control bandwidth to fly. Continue reading
Amprius Technologies, Inc., a supplier of Silicon Anode Li-Ion battery cells with its Si-Nanowire platform, announced the shipment of the first commercially available 450 Wh/kg, 1150 Wh/L lithium-ion battery cells to an industry leader* of a new generation of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS). Continue reading
Subsequent to the Australian Securities Exchange announcement released 31 January 2022, Orbital Corporation Ltd advises that it has received confirmation from customer Insitu Inc. of the termination of the third engine development program under its long term supply agreement. Continue reading
Steadicopter has unveiled the Black Eagle 50H – a hybrid-powered unmanned helicopter and the newest model in its Rotary Unmanned Aerial System (RUAS) family, designed for a range of law enforcement, maritime, civilian and covert missions. Continue reading
Parallel Flight Technologies, a supplier of heavy-lift drone technology, and LIFT Aircraft have announced a new collaboration to develop a hybridization solution for LIFT’s HEXA eVTOL aircraft. Continue reading
Lhyfe, a world pioneer and pure player in renewable hydrogen production, has announced that it has raised funds for a third time, for a sum of €17 million. Most of the funds came from Andera Partners via its new green infrastructure investment fund Andera Infra. Ovive (part of Les Saules group) and the risk capital company SFLD (Société Financière Lorient Développement) also backed Lhyfe in this fundraising. Continue reading
Hypersonix Launch Systems Ltd. and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. have signed an agreement to launch the DART AE multi-mission hypersonic drone technology demonstrator. Continue reading
San Francisco-based Elroy Air has unveiled its pre-production aircraft model – the Chapparal – fitted with the autonomous aerial cargo system. The craft’s USP is its end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system. Continue reading