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Cyberhawk™ team up with Intelligent Energy to launch BVLOS operations using hydrogen fuel cell technology
Cyberhawk, world leader in visual data management, adopts Intelligent Energy’s IE-SOAR™ fuel cells to offer customers better quality data and increased operational efficiency.
Cyberhawk delivers end-to-end capabilities to their customers around the globe spanning data collection, democratisation of imagery and operational insights via analytics. Over 5,000 project managers around the globe rely on their flagship software solution, iHawk™, to address their asset and risk management business requirements every day. Cyberhawk has successfully completed over 125,000 drone flights, achieved more than 35 world firsts and are operational worldwide in over 40 countries.
IE-SOAR™ is Intelligent Energy’s range of lightweight hydrogen fuel cell modules for fixed wing, rotary wing and VTOL applications, and enables UAVs to fly further, for longer, and to achieve more. The modules are increasing operational efficiency and unlocking previously impossible applications with businesses no longer constrained by flight time. The two companies will be exhibiting together at AUVSI Xponential 2023 in Denver in May.
Stuart McGlynn, Senior Vice President Aviation Operations for Cyberhawk states: “We are thrilled to be partnering with Intelligent Energy and we are excited to be co-exhibiting with them to showcase our thought leadership at Xponential. The innovations that we are working on will benefit our customers and our industry by increasing safety, enabling better stewardship of the environment and delivering cost-effective approaches to BVLOS operations.”
Jonathan Douglas-Smith, Business Development Manager said: “We are delighted to be partnering with industry leading service provider, Cyberhawk and to be co-exhibiting at Xponential this year. This is a great opportunity to not only showcase our fuel cells for UAVs, but to also see how the company are exploiting the technology for their BVLOS data collection missions. See you there!”
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F1 specialist MGI Engineering launches autonomous cargo drones
MGI Engineering CEO Mike Gascoyne and one of the Mosquito drones (Credit: MGI Engineering)
Formula One specialist MGI Engineering has revealed two cargo drone technology demonstrators, using its motorsport mindset to tackle challenges in the sector.
The Mosquito UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were unveiled by the Oxfordshire firm today (19 April) at the eVTOL Insights’ London Conference.
The company, which launched Lotus F1 Racing in 2009 and specialises in applying F1 technology, R&D, simulation and innovation to mainstream automotive, aerospace and marine industries, said that lightweight composite structures and a “highly efficient, fast-paced” iterative design process are key elements of its approach to cargo drones.
The configurable Mosquito design has two variants – the first is a tilt rotor configuration, with two rotors on each corner capable of tilting from 45º forward to 45º backward, while the second features eight rotors with direct drive motors distributed across four wings, each using a tilt mechanism to control pitch and roll. The second variant can take off vertically and transition to winged flight for long distance missions.
“The modular approach to this vehicle, where wings and rotors can be configured according to the mission profile, allows for scalable common platforms using common battery modules,” an MGI announcement said. “The vehicle platform concept has also been designed to be scaled up efficiently, to payload capable vehicles carrying up to 500kg.”
The company aims to provide its consultancy services to the cargo eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) industry. The vehicles are being developed to showcase its vision and capabilities in the area.
“We believe that developing sustainable electric aviation vehicles, combined with our unique expertise and experience from Formula One of lightweight hybrid composite vehicles, is the future of the transport industry,” said CEO Mike Gascoyne.
“We are very happy to have a fully working demonstrator vehicle that has passed all our tests to date, including fully transitioning from vertical to horizontal flight. We’re excited to see where our development journey takes us and look forward to solving the unique and novel challenges the industry presents us with.”
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Join us at GeoBusiness & Digital Construction!
If you’re planning on attending GeoBusiness or Digital Construction on 17-18 May 2023 at ExCel London, pop by and see us on stand G650. We’d be delighted to talk about the advantages of using drones in a variety of geospatial and/or construction settings.
