Aircraft Propulsion & Energy

Ballard Power Systems announced that the Company’s subsidiary, Protonex, has received purchase orders from the U.S. Navy for a total of 13 fuel cell propulsion systems for unmanned aerial vehicles. Deliveries of the fuel cell propulsion systems are expected to occur in 2018. Protonex has supplied proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell propulsion systems for the successful […]

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A new solar electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which has the potential to fly for up to a year before needing maintenance, has become a step closer to reality following a new agreement between two cutting-edge British companies, BAE Systems and Prismatic. Engineers from Prismatic and BAE Systems will collaborate on the development of the […]

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UMS SKELDAR has announced the acquisition of Hirthmotoren GmbH & Co. KG (Hirth Motors), the German-based specialist global engine manufacturer for air, water and land applications. The announcement provides UMS SKELDAR with its own engine manufacturing capability and at the same time a premium list of world-leading customers including, RUAG, Switzerland; EMT, Fresh-Breeze, PF Pumpen […]

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