Propulsion
Boeing has announced that the Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft has conducted its first medium-speed taxi test. The hydrogen-powered aircraft is designed for persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and communications. The test was conducted March 10 at Edwards Air Force Base in coordination
Propulsion
Schiebel has announced the first flight of a heavy-fuel powered CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS.The flexibility this engine provides will further add to the wide capabilities of the unmanned helicopter. After extensive development, the S-100 successfully made its maiden flight with the new heavy fuel engine at Schiebel&
Propulsion
Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University in Tainan successfully flew an unmanned aircraft powered by a turbojet engine last week. The aircraft, named Sky Fortress-III, was the first university project in the world to combine a turbojet engine with an unmanned aircraft, according to Lai Wei-hsiang, professor
Propulsion
ITM Power has signed an Equipment Development and Lease Agreement with Boeing Research & Technology Europe S.L.U. for the development, assembly and field trials of a 1 Nm3/hour (2.1 kg/day) PEM electrolyser. The containerised electrolysis equipment will form part of Boeing’s current off-grid
Business
Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace) and Cosworth Group (Cosworth) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop heavy fuel engine systems for unmanned systems customers in the Asia Pacific markets. The technical alliance will leverage ST Aerospace’s expertise in propulsion-to-airframe integration and operator HMI requirements,
Propulsion
Propulsion by a novel jet engine is the crux of the innovation behind a University of Colorado Boulder-developed aircraft that’s accelerating toward commercialisation. Jet engine technology can be small, fuel-efficient and cost-effective, at least with Assistant Professor Ryan Starkey’s design. The CU-Boulder aerospace engineer,
Propulsion
Lockheed Martin won a $1.1 million contract Friday for development and ground demonstration of the integrated power system and payload into a SURGE-V hybrid UAV aircraft. Lockheed Martin and Elbit Systems of America LLC in Fort Worth, Texas, were selected last May to develop a green hybrid propulsion
Propulsion
The US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Redstone Arsenal, AL, on behalf of the US Army, desires to obtain information to serve as a market survey heavy fuel or AVGAS engine candidates that would fit the Shadow UAS with
Propulsion
The US Army and AAI have established a specialist team to determine the root cause of an engine issue that has affected the service's RQ-7B Shadow 200, resulting in several platforms failing during operations over Afghanistan. Speaking to Jane's in late November, the army'
Propulsion
Queensland University of Technology Ph.D. student Wesam Al Sabban has designed an unmanned aircraft that would be powered by the sun and wind. “While all airplanes mimic the shape of birds, the Green Falcon II will literally use the wind to power its movement, just as a bird would,
Propulsion
L2 Aerospace’s Instant Eyes is a 9-inch UAS, can be set up and launched in about 20 seconds, reaching up to 2,500 feet high. When it hits its target altitude, it deploys a sensor platform with a parachute, which takes five-megapixel images of the ground below
Propulsion
The Cubewano range of UAS engines has been developed from the ground up to meet the demanding requirements of the world's military and aerospace organisations. All engines are manufactured to AS9100 quality standards, with full traceability to ensure consistent quality levels and to meet aerospace requirements. These are