The last time I had talked about the unveiling of the Boeing Phantom Eye was in July 2010. Since then the military has been very quite about the progress, until now. The Phantom Eye is a high-altitude long endurance (HALE) vehicle that can fly at 65,000 feet and stay aloft for 4 days carrying surveillance • Read More »
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Global Observer UAV and Hydrogen Power May Replace Satellites
September 10, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft.On August 16, 2010 I had talked about the Global Observer UAV which was built by AeroVironment and being tested at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The Global Observer UAV is a hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is powered by both batteries and liquid hydrogen via a small internal combustion engine. The purpose • Read More »
Horizon Offers World’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell for UAVs
August 16, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Vehicles.Just a week after I had talked about a hydrogen-powered unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) for the Navy, the world’s first commercial hydrogen fuel cell system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been announced by Horizon. Now, I’ve talked about hydrogen-powered UAV’s before. In fact, about a year ago, Horizon teamed up Bluebird Aero Systems to • Read More »
Boeing Phantom Eye and Ray UAVs Using Liquid Hydrogen Propellant
March 9, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 9 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft.In April 2008, I talked about Boeing putting the first manned fuel cell powered aircraft into flight. And there have been many times in the past 4 years (yes, the blog is that old), that I’ve talked about hydrogen powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A new liquid hydrogen-powered UAV which is also a high altitude • Read More »
Boomerang FCV Is World’s First Commercial Long Distance UAV
August 10, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Boomerang FCV Is World’s First Commercial Long Distance UAV | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.The Boomerang unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Bluebird Aero Systems and Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies (which they are calling an Unmanned Aerial System or UAS) is the first commercial aircraft of this type to be powered by commercial hydrogen fuel cells. In the past I’ve talked about several other non-commercial UAV’s such as the • Read More »
Navy’s Ion Tiger Hydrogen Powered UAV to Break Records
April 9, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Navy’s Ion Tiger Hydrogen Powered UAV to Break Records | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.The U. S. Navy is planning to break current records with their hydrogen-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Ion Tiger, when completed will be able to fly for 24-hours straight and carry a 5-pound payload. In November 2008, I talked about the University of Michigan Endurance UAV which had just set the record for a • Read More »
Puma Fuel Cell UAV Extends Record
March 12, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Puma Fuel Cell UAV Extends Record | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.In January 2008, I had talked about how the hydrogen fuel cell Puma unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had set a world record by staying aloft for 7 hours. Last week the AeroVironment Puma has set another world record by flying for a full 9 hours. The Puma is powered by a Protonex Pulse UAV fuel • Read More »
AeroVironment Puma Fuel Cell UAV Sets Record
January 9, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on AeroVironment Puma Fuel Cell UAV Sets Record | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.In the past, I’ve talked about hydrogen airplanes starting to take flight. In November, I had talked about the Horizon Fuel Cell Pterosoar unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) setting a record for flying 78 miles in around 3 hours. Now, another hydrogen fuel cell UAV has set a record and this is the AeroVironment Puma. This • Read More »
Horizon Fuel Cell Pterosoar UAV Sets Record
November 6, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Horizon Fuel Cell Pterosoar UAV Sets Record | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.Last April 2007, Horizon amazed viewers with their Hyfish UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that looks like a jet and is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. Now, Horizon has opened up new vistas once again as their Pterosoar has set a new record for distance for micro UAV’s. In Lancaster, California the Pterosoar flew a • Read More »
ZeroAvia Buys Fuel Cell Stack Innovator HyPoint
November 1, 2022 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on ZeroAvia Buys Fuel Cell Stack Innovator HyPoint | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft.In an increasingly competitive market for next-generation aircraft engine technology, ZeroAvia has announced its acquisition of Finnish firm HyPoint. Founded in 2015 and based in Helsinki, HyPoint develops ultra-lightweight hydrogen fuel cell stacks for drones and other light vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The company’s proprietary technology is also well suited to hybrid electric • Read More »