LaserMotive, an independent R&D company specializing in laser power beaming, has announced the MicroPoF, the first in LaserMotive’s new line of general-purpose Power over Fiber (PoF) products. Continue reading
Category Archives: Aircraft Propulsion & Energy
MicroLink Devices New High Efficiency Solar Sheet Powers Raven
MicroLink Devices, Inc. announced that it has developed a lightweight, flexible, high-efficiency solar sheet suitable for powering small electrical equipment and extending flight times of small unmanned systems. Continue reading
AAI Fixing Aerosonde Engine Problems
AAI‘s Aerosonde unmanned aircraft is suffering engine problems that have caused the loss of several aircraft involved with the US Navy’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services contract. Continue reading
Bye Aerospace and BoldIQ Team on Software for Silent Guardian Hybrid Power UAS
Bye Aerospace, Inc., a Denver-based company applying clean energy solutions to innovative aircraft designs for the aerospace and defense markets, announced that BoldIQ Inc. will provide operations optimization and disruption management software for the planned hybrid unmanned aircraft system (UAS) called the Silent Guardian. Continue reading
Stanford Researchers Develop Peel-and-Stick Thin-Film Solar Cells
Stanford researchers have succeeded in developing the world’s first peel-and-stick thin-film solar cells. The advance is described in a paper in the December 20th issue of Scientific Reports. Continue reading
Tasuma UK Ltd Supplies Wind Tunnel Model to UAV Engines Ltd
Tasuma UK Ltd. has recently supplied to UAV Engines Ltd, UK. a full sized blended wing body UAS for testing and ratification with the AR731 rotary engine. Continue reading
Austro Develops Vibration Free Rotary Engine for UAS
After two and a half years of development, Austro Engine has bench-tested a new dual full authority digital engine-controlled rotary aircraft engine called the AE80R. Continue reading
First Solar and Intermolecular Team to Accelerate Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) Solar Cell Technology Development
Intermolecular, Inc. and First Solar, Inc. announced they have entered into a two-year collaboration and licensing agreement focused on further increases to the conversion efficiency of First Solar’s cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell technology. Continue reading