Business
Joint team will complete preliminary design of the GEK1500 engine to meet high performance and aggressive cost targets, leveraging GEK800 maturation to accelerate delivery.
Propulsion
Rather than using bulky, mechanically complex actuators, the new thrust system delivers improved maneuverability through a lightweight aerodynamic nozzle that contains no moving parts.
Propulsion
The agreement combines Parallel Flight’s high‑performance hybrid-electric Firefly UAS architecture with Alpha’s expertise in heavy-fuel engines for helicopter UAVs, in support of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR).
Propulsion
The project has moved from individual component work to integrated system testing
Propulsion
The partnership brings together nearly a century of Hirth’s engine‑engineering heritage with ePropelled’s advanced electric power‑generation and intelligent propulsion technologies.
Propulsion
Ukraine can now mass-produce a motor that makes interceptor drones go 400 kilometers per hour, the Brave1 Defense Cluster announced in December.
Propulsion
Engineers from the Independent Design Bureau have presented a new pulse jet engine, the Hrim-17, designed for use in light unmanned aerial vehicles. The development is currently undergoing ground tests, the developer told Militarnyi at the Brave1 Components event on December 3. The Hrim-17 has compact dimensions: a length of
Propulsion
A Ukrainian-Australian company has launched the production of turbojet engines for drones, missiles, and guided bombs in Ukraine. The Australian partners developed the engines, and the Ukrainian firm invested its own funds in their production. The joint venture showcased its products at the Brave1 Components exhibition in Kyiv. The manufacturer
Propulsion
* IonQ, a leading quantum company, has announced a new investment and strategic partnership with Heven AeroTech, a developer of advanced hydrogen-powered Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) solutions for defense and aerospace missions. The agreement will enable Heven AeroTech to integrate IonQ’s quantum computing, quantum networking, quantum sensing, and quantum security
Propulsion
The father and son team behind the world's fastest quadcopter we featured last year has now built what essentially looks like a flying photovoltaic panel, in a bid to create a drone that's powered by solar alone. Oour coverage today is an attempt to build a
Propulsion
* GE Aerospace is developing a small turbofan engine for midsized Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) that are now in high demand by militaries worldwide, Chief Financial Officer Rahul Ghai said on November. 11. The new engine would fill a gap between the 800-1,500-lb.-thrust family of engines now being developed
Propulsion
* GE Aerospace and Shield AI have agreed to collaborate on propulsion technologies for Shield AI’s new X-BAT vehicle program. Through the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the F110-GE-129 engine, featuring the advanced Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle (AVEN), has been selected to power the X-BAT. GE Aerospace will provide propulsion and