Working under an expedited timeline to deliver a platform that would improve the endurance and acoustic signature of UAS in austere environments, Zepher’s Z1 VTOL sUAS successfully completed a hydrogen-powered flight last week. Continue reading
Category Archives: Aircraft Propulsion & Energy
Suter’s TOA288 UAV Engine Passes FAA FAR 33.49 Endurance Test
Suter has announced that its Suter TOA288 engine has passed an endurance test run according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation section 33.49 for reciprocating engines. FAR 33.49 is a demanding FAA reciprocating aircraft engine endurance test that is a requirement for manned aircraft piston engines to be certified for use. Continue reading
Sky Power and UAS Global Services Present Two New Helicopters at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2021
Anzen EG-1250 and Sicura EG-1100 with Sky Power engines
Despite the corona-related restrictions on entry into the USA, the German engine manufacturer Sky Power GmbH is exhibiting at this year’s AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to its own products, new customer UAS Global Services from Texas will be showing two new flight systems equipped with Sky Power engines. Continue reading
US Air Force Gives $60M Funding to Develop Mach 5 Aircraft
Hermeus, the aerospace company developing Mach 5 aircraft, announced the signing of a $60 million U.S. Air Force partnership for flight testing its first aircraft, Quarterhorse. Quarterhorse will validate the company’s proprietary turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine, based around the GE J85 turbojet engine, and is the first in a line of autonomous high-speed aircraft. Continue reading
Advanced Aircraft Company Launches with Gas-Electric Hybrid UAS
Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a developer of long-endurance hybrid-electric unmanned aircraft systems designed for a wide range of commercial, defense and public safety applications, has announced the launch of its Hybrid Advanced Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System (HAMR). Continue reading
Researchers Power Drone in Flight by Microwave Beam
In a study published this month in the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, researchers led by the University of Tsukuba have demonstrated wireless power transmission via microwaves for a free-flying drone and determined the efficiency of this process. Continue reading
Electric Drone Completes 26-Hour Flight
A new type of electric, fixed-wing drone recently achieved a world record for time in the air within the group-2 fully electric category. The flight shows what combat support by electric drones could look like, as the Defense Department works to connect more hardware under increasingly difficult conditions. Continue reading
Northwest UAV Opens Hydrogen Fuel Cell Manufacturing Center
L- R: Chris Harris, NWUAV President & Owner; Keith Devries, Program Manager at OSD ManTech; Karen Dennis, NWUAV Engineering Program Manager; Ben Gould of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Alternative Energy Section, Chemistry Division; Kevin Cronin, Excet Inc. Electrical Engineer; Jeff Ratcliffe, NWUAV Chief Technical Officer
On Thursday, July 15, NWUAV was joined by a variety of stakeholders to celebrate the grand opening of their hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing center. Featuring UAV engineering, machining, wiring, engine manufacturing, testing, and now UAV hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing, the NWUAV campus is a unique UAV tech and manufacturing hub in McMinnville, Oregon. Continue reading