Drone logistics company Blueflite is to develop tanks for storage of hydrogen fuels for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) through a collaborative project supported by the NT government. Blueflite will open Darwin premises and plans to to develop a lightweight, high-pressure, hydrogen vessel (tank) using Advanced Fiber Placement (AFP) technology pitched at the long-range, UAV sector.…
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…
EOS Defense Systems USA has participated in the US Army’s Project Convergence Capstone 4 (PC-C4) at the Army’s National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California. The subsidiary of Electro Optic Systems Limited demonstrated the capabilities of an R600 Remote Weapon Station (pictured) equipped with a Northrop Grumman M230LF cannon, coaxial machine gun, and four Javelin…
Aurora Labs has 3D printed a micro gas turbine that could be the centre of a small propulsion system or power plant for unmanned aerial vehicles or instant power generation. The system, part of the company’s development of 200N and 400N Class gas turbines, will be available in the market as early as next month…
Defence manufacturer Electro Optic Systems has launched a new weapon system that combines lasers and machine guns and cannon to detect and destroy hostile drones in the battlefield. The company has previously demonstrated a combination of directed energy (laser) and 30mm cannon systems at its Canberra test facility (pictured). However EOS Defense Systems USA has…