UK startup and world-leading fuel cell engineering company Intelligent Energy is set to launch a new hydrogen fuel cell at AUVSI Xponential 2019 later this month. The 2.4kW fuel cell is designed for the commercial UAV market. In the past eighteen months, Intelligent Energy has launched four products for commercial drones. All aim to provide a solution to the constraints of … [Read more...] about Intelligent Energy: New Hydrogen Cell For Drone Market & Another Flight Time Record
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3 Technologies That Could Transform Future Drone Operations
Not that long ago, the industry was dominated by bold forecasts (and VC investment) projecting enormous adoption rates and a huge rise of the number of drones in operation. In reality, the more ambitious projects have been slower to get going than some predicted. Amazon's Prime delivery service is still more Youtube marketing than substance; Uber's aerial taxi vision has … [Read more...] about 3 Technologies That Could Transform Future Drone Operations
Quaternium Claims to Have Set a Drone Endurance Record
Quaternium, a European company that designs and develops multi rotor drones, claims to have set the world record of endurance with a flight of 4 hours and 40 minutes with its HYBRiX.20 fuel-electric quadcopter. In a release they state that "this flight time beats any former demonstration ever made with an electric, hybrid of hydrogen multicopter." This flight would be 4 minutes … [Read more...] about Quaternium Claims to Have Set a Drone Endurance Record
Top Flight Technology Wants to Make UAV Technology Actionable
UAV technology is a tool. And like a tool, the real value in a UAV is not so much about how you use it but what you can build with it. This is the vision Boston, MA-based Top Flight Technology has for the future of drones. It's not about takeoff, flying and landing- its about gathering data and using that data to complete a job. The first step in Top Flight Tech's quest to … [Read more...] about Top Flight Technology Wants to Make UAV Technology Actionable
