A fuel cell powered UAS made its first flight on July 30 at Faku airfield of Liaoning province. It is the first time that mainland China flight-tests a fuel cell powered UAS. Continue reading
Category Archives: Aircraft Propulsion & Energy
Analytic Systems Supplies New Power System for AAI Shadow
Analytic Systems has recently supplied a new power system for the Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems which are in service with customers including the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. Continue reading
Hirth Motors Launches New 2-Stroke UAS Engine Family
Goebler-Hirthmotoren KG (Hirth Motors) is launching a new UAS engine family based on Hirth’s 4102 100cc 2-stroke EFI engine that has flown over 15,000 successful missions in the EMT Luna UAS in Afghanistan and the Balkans. Continue reading
Protonex Announces Commercial Fuel Cell Power System for Unmanned Applications
Protonex Technology Corporation, a provider of advanced lightweight military power systems, announces the commercial availability of the UAV-H500 fuel cell power system for unmanned aerial and ground vehicles. Continue reading
Ultra Electronics Gets $2M US Military Fuel Cell Order
Ultra Electronics, AMI (AMI) recently delivered 45 of its ROAMIO D245XR fuel cells for use by the U.S. military in unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Continue reading
Boeing Phantom Eye’s First Flight – Video
Boeing’s unmanned aircraft, Phantom Eye, completed its first take off and landing June 1. Continue reading
D-Star Engineering Gets $5M IARPA Contract to Develop Silent VTOL UAS
Ducted-fan VTOL unmanned aircraft have a lot to offer – the ability to take off, land and fly in confined urban spaces being one. But quiet they are not, at least those that are big enough to carry a useful payload for a useful time. Continue reading
L2 Aerospace and Cella Energy Develop Hydrogen Storage for UAS
L2 Aerospace and Cella Energy have teamed up to develop hydrogen storage technology for small, fuel-cell-powered unmanned aircraft systems and potentially other, larger manned and unmanned aircraft. Continue reading