For many years traditional battery development has been optimizing for capacity, slowly increasing usable EV range, while still working within chemistry constraints that limit peak power output and charge time. Continue reading
Category Archives: Aircraft Propulsion & Energy
AIE Gets AS9100D Certification for Quality Management
Advanced Innovative Engineering (AIE), a manufacturer of high-performance cutting edge rotary engines for Aerospace has announced that its Lichfield facility in the United Kingdom has achieved AS9100D certification for design, development, production, assembly, and test of power unit systems. Continue reading
MSU Uses Acoustic Anechoic Chamber to Develop Quieter Drones
Raspet Flight Research Laboratory engineer Hunter Vesa inside the acoustic anechoic chamber
A newly constructed interior room at Mississippi State’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory has been labeled the university’s quietest. Known as an acoustic anechoic chamber, the room, designed and built by Raspet’s engineers in consultation with expert faculty within MSU’s Bagley College of Engineering, absorbs reflections of sound waves. Continue reading
Kratos Gets $13M Task Order for Cost Optimized Turbojet Engine for Attritable UAVs
KTT’s Turbojet Engine
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that Kratos’ Turbine Technologies Division (KTT) has been awarded a $12.7 million task order under its Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission (ATTAM) ID/IQ contract. Continue reading
Nordic Unmanned Demonstrates Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Drone
Nordic Unmanned AS has carried out a successful test flight with a hydrogen fuel cell powered Staaker BG-200. This drone is a robust and versatile platform that is adapted to Nordic conditions Continue reading
Grippers Enable Micro Aerial Vehicles to ‘Perch’
Colorado State University
A team of engineers at Colorado State University have designed a ‘gripper’ mechanism that allows MAVs to ‘perch’, rather than hover, in order to economise battery power. Continue reading
VerdoGo Aero, Embry-Riddle Team to Mitigate Electric Aircraft Noise
VerdeGo Aero, a hybrid-electric aerospace powertrain firm and tenant in Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Research Park, has teamed up with the university to develop and commercialize patent-pending technology designed to mitigate electric aircraft noise. Continue reading
USAF and Australia Partner to Develop Air Breathing Hypersonic Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Defense and the Australian Department of Defence have announced a bilateral effort to advance the development of air-breathing hypersonic technologies. The Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE) is an Allied Prototyping Initiative (API) under the Directorate for Advanced Capabilities within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Continue reading