Electric Hybrid

Cargo drone startup Elroy Air has achieved a groundbreaking milestone with the successful test flight of its Chaparral C1, an autonomous turbogenerator-hybrid electric vertical take-off and landing...

China is pursuing a solar-electric, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development program called Qi Mingxing (Venus). According to a report by the Chinese aviation...

Retail giant Amazon says 75 to 90 percent of purchased items are under five pounds. Its new Prime Air delivery drone will be able...

GPS has become the backbone of modern navigation, powering everything from smartphones and connected vehicles to emergency services and autonomous systems. But satellite signals...

Manned helicopters cannot operate after sunset, provoking critical delays on a number of emergencies, which sometimes mean more casualties. A new technology will help...

Hybrid electric aircraft systems company Ampaire made aviation history when its Electric EEL demonstrator completed a first ever 12-hour endurance flight. According to Interesting Engineering,...

Aerospace giant Boeing has successfully completed the first outdoor flight tests of the cargo air vehicle (CAV), its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)...

Engineers at Monash University have made a significant breakthrough in battery technology with the development of an ultra-fast charging lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery. This innovative...

The widespread use of small UAVs in both the military and industry has been limited to-date by the factor of endurance. To fly all...

The world market of civil UAVs such as full electric Air-Taxi, Border Guard, Logistics, Security, Natural Disaster and other missions is expected to increase...

The flight endurance of a powerful drone has been doubled. The e-Drone Zero, Europe's first hydrogen powered drone is a long endurance quadcopter. The...

The U.S. Army is interested in new technologies that could allow it to use multiple fuel types in unmanned vehicles. The Army awarded the...

California-based Amprius Technologies has unveiled a revolutionary electric vehicle (EV) battery that can reach a 90% charge in just 15 minutes. The breakthrough technology...

Ashot Ashkelon, together with the Italian companies Efesto and C.F.M. Air have developed a new hybrid propulsion system (HPS). aviation safety . The system was...

Rolls-Royce has been quietly developing an integral system required to operate laser weapons on the battlefield for about a decade. The technology is an...

Typical battery-powered drones offer between 20 and 30 minutes of flight time and often require generators to be brought on site for battery charging....

At first glance, diesel submarines seem to defy basic physics. Diesel engines require oxygen for combustion, yet these vessels spend much of their time...

Unmanned aerial vehicles used for long-range reconnaissance face a familiar set of tradeoffs. Internal combustion engines offer endurance but generate noise and heat that...

As more and more advantages of renewable energy are being taken into account in the field of aerial transportation, a new environmentally-friendly autopilot aircraft...

What do these two have in common - adventure-loving hikers looking for a mobile field experience and soldiers that need a rapid and reliable...

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Zeekr has achieved a new milestone in electric vehicle charging. The company’s latest model, the Zeekr 7X, is equipped with...

McGill University Researchers have made significant strides in the development of all-solid-state lithium batteries, a technology that could transform electric vehicles (EVs) by enhancing...