Holloman Air Force Base is home to the first two new aviation gasoline trucks in Air Combat Command’s inventory that were specifically designed to support the MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft. Continue reading
Category Archives: Aircraft Propulsion & Energy
Rotax Develops Advanced 4 Cylinder 4 Stroke Engine
Engine manufacturer Rotax will this year begin delivering ASTM and certificated versions of a new four-stroke, four-cylinder piston 912iS engine, with monitoring capabilities typically found only in more advanced turbofan engines. Continue reading
ScanEagle Flies with Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cell
Insitu Inc. announced that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) successfully completed its first hydrogen-powered fuel cell flight during a two-and-a-half-hour flight test. Continue reading
Solar Impulse Plans 2,500 km Solar-Powered Flight to Morocco
In preparation for their attempt at round-the-world flight in 2014, the Solar Impulse team has announced the destination of its 2012 mission: the Kingdom of Morocco. Continue reading
Blue Devil Gets Motorised
Mav6 continues to progress on assembly of the M1400 Blue Devil 2 at airship maker TCOM‘s hangar in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Continue reading
Altaeros Energies Demonstrates Airborne Wind Turbine
Altaeros Energies, a wind energy company formed out of MIT, announced that it has demonstrated high altitude power production from an automated prototype of its airborne wind turbine. Continue reading
US Navy Wants Thermal Batteries for UAS-Launched Spike Missile
The US Navy is sending out an urgent request to industry for weapons-grade thermal batteries to power a new generation of the Spike missile from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems which naval designers are adapting to unmanned aircraft such as the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper and the Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. Continue reading
Fat Head Solutions – a New One-Stop Shop for the sUAS Market
A new company, Fat Head Solutions, LLC with bases in Wichita Kansas and two other major operating locations, will provide low cost, high value, and complete subsystem solutions for small unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading