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Alpha Unmanned Systems B100HF heavy fuel engine

It was around eight years ago, in UNC-20 (Jun/Jul 2018), that we unpacked the Alpha 800 (or A800) helicopter UAV from Alpha Unmanned Systems. Since then, the Spanish company has not only gone on to develop that aircraft into...

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In-line architecture transforms fuel flow measurement

Sentronics has launched its range of next-generation fluid flow sensors, the RealFlow D‑Series, incorporating several innovations previously unseen in flow sensor products and of particular benefit to precise fuel monitoring...

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FCT Sweden Lamina fuel cell

The world of uncrewed systems is, in many ways, a critical beachhead market for hydrogen power solutions. Despite their detractors, we have unpacked major success stories such as Canada’s Cellula Robotics and Zepher Flight Labs...

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H3X HPDG-30 hybrid

The company H3X is an aerospace-focused e-powertrain developer and manufacturer, which was founded in 2020 primarily out of a desire to take on a challenge set (unofficially) by the US’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in 2019...

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Propellers

Serious manufacturers of certifiable uncrewed aircraft are growing relentlessly in number, not only thanks to defence industries expanding their activities in response to (hopefully) short-term conflicts, but also because of the upcoming...

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Edge Performance ThrustVik X3 & X5

BRP-Rotax is a trusted name in engines, not only across UAVs but also motorsport and general aviation (GA), but a variety of companies have long offered improved versions of (or performance upgrade kits for) Rotax engines...

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Jetoptera FTC-250

Around seven to 10 years ago, the aviation industry experienced rapid growth in the number of new eVTOL and eSTOL aircraft companies, each making bold claims over what their electric air vehicles could accomplish entirely on...

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Electric motors

In the uncrewed space today, electric motors are essential to a growing majority of vehicles’ propulsion, whether as VTOL rotors, starter-generators or otherwise. However, movements and happenings in electric motor r&d are marked...

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Wankel Aviation 350 & 500 cc rotary engines

Wankel Aviation is a German company based in the town of Cottbus, Brandenburg, founded in 2022 as a subsidiary of (and sharing locations with) Wankel SuperTec, which was founded in 2003. As of writing, Wankel Aviation has just eight...

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NEX Power 15 kW GenSet gas micro-generator

Located in the UK industrial powerhouse of Milton Keynes, NEX Power Ltd., formerly known as Samad Power, is a developer of gas microturbine-based technologies. The company had its genesis at Cranfield University (the birthplace of many...