Electric Sky, Inc. announced that it has begun building the world’s first Whisper Beam transmitter for wirelessly powering in-flight UAVs, with funding from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Continue reading
Category Archives: Aircraft Propulsion & Energy
Ascendance Flight Technologies Unveils Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
After three years of R&D, the French start-up Ascendance Flight Technologies builds on the virtues of hybrid technology and distributed propulsion to develop sustainable air travel solutions unveiling the design of ATEA, its 5-seater vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Continue reading
Insitu Pacific to Test Lithium Sulphur Batteries
Li-S Energy has signed an agreement with Insitu Pacific to integrate and test Li-S Energy’s innovative battery technology in Insitu’s range of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). Located in Brisbane, Insitu Pacific was established in 2009 and serves defence customers across the Asia Pacific region and commercial customers globally. Continue reading
Kratos Gets Initial Production Order for Affordable, High Performance Jet Engines
Kratos TDI-J85 Engine
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has recently received an initial production order for a new, affordable, high performance jet engine for an aerial vehicle application from a national security related customer. Continue reading
Skycharge Unveils New Autonomous Charging Technology for drones
Thanks to six years of experience in this field, Berlin-based Skycharge has announced a new charging technology for drones and AGVs, engineered to let you build charging pads, and AGV docking stations. Continue reading
Sky Power Partners with India’s Zerosum Technologies on UAV Engines
Germany-based Sky Power GmbH has tied up with Zerosum Technologies, India to provide class leading UAV propulsion systems to the local growing and maturing market. The relationship between the two companies is expected to go beyond marketing the Sky Power products. Continue reading
Children Design Zero-Emission Aircraft of the Future
Cerys, aged 8 from Norfolk and Lara, aged 15 from Surrey have been crowned the winners of easyJet’s ‘Aircraft of the Future’ competition following a nationwide contest. Continue reading
Ukraine’s Ivchenko-Progress Selected as Engine Supplier for Turkish MIUS Drone Project
Turkey’s Baykar signed a contract with Ukrainian firm Ivchenko-Progress for the delivery of AI-322F Turbofan engines its Combat Unmanned Aircraft System (MIUS) project. Continue reading