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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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TREEZE Astreze Leo P6 Robobus

The Republic of Korea is often cited as the most technologically advanced nation on Earth. Its population holds one of the largest concentrations of high-speed internet users globally, and its major corporate tech names such as Samsung, Hyundai...

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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...

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Tekever AR3

There is nothing like a modern high-intensity conflict for shaping military technologies, and the war in Ukraine has impacted uncrewed systems like no other. Tekever’s AR3 Evolution – the latest iteration of the Portuguese company’s 25 kg...

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Groupe Danielson Trident 100 TD2 turbodiesel

Just over 10 years ago, we featured Groupe Danielson’s Trident 100 TD2 engine, a 1.1 L, inline three-cylinder turbodiesel designed specifically for the UAV market. Since the company’s 2014 public launch of the Trident series of engines at AUVSI Xponential...

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High Eye Airboxer

In the age of high-tech systems, where established OEMs and new start-ups alike compete to grab headlines with claims of what their products can do, it is easy to fall prey to the temptation to constantly replace parts and components with the latest...

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Alpha-Otto REV Force

We featured Michigan-based Strange Development in 2020 (see Issue 33), for its two-stroke, inline, two-cylinder, spark-ignited REVolution engine, integrating a rotary exhaust valve (REV) to leverage forced induction when adjusting its dynamic compression ratio...

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LOXO Alpha & Digital Driver

As far as harsh proving grounds for autonomy go, Switzerland sets the bar high. A mountainous nation, many Swiss highways and other intercity roads pass through tunnels that blot out GNSS signals and create cramped, traffic-congested spaces that are deeply...

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Suter Industries

With regulations in the EU aimed at curbing and eventually eliminating internal combustion engines in road vehicles, the future of European engines – and particularly the expertise and innovative capacity around them – is likely to lie not amidst the automotive...

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ACUA Ocean Pioneer-class H-USV

As an island nation, dependent on seafaring vessels for trade, defence and more, the UK’s traditions for innovative and robust shipbuilding date back centuries. Small wonder then that today, amid booming demand for automated ocean logistics...