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ERA celebrates recycling of electronics In time for National Recycling Week Electrical Recycling Australia (ERA) has celebrated its achievements in recycling e-waste in South Australia. Backed by Bedford Industries, the company has in the the year to date notched up these statistics: 4,759 e-waste deliveries received; Daily average intake: 10,285 kilograms; and total e-waste processed:…

Orbital engine destined for military UAV

Drone engine manufacturer Orbital Corporation (Orbital UAV) has established a collaborative agreement with Dynamatic Technology to integrate an Orbital 150cc Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE) into a Dynamatic designed UAV for potential supply to defence forces. Dynamatic Technology is an Indian based manufacturer of highly engineered, mission critical products for the Aerospace, Automotive and Hydraulic industries.…

Orbital begins to manufacture new drone engines

Unmanned aerial vehicle engine manufacturer Orbital Corporation has entered a period of pre-production activities in support of production of two new engine types. The company, also known as Orbital UAV, said low-rate initial orders had been received for the Textron Systems’ Aerosonde HQ and DSO National Laboratories’ Veloce 60 UAV programmes, with initial sub-assembly build…