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DOE and Israeli Partners Invest $5.48 Million
in Cooperative Clean Energy Projects

Dec 9, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel’s Ministry of Energy (MoE) along with the Israel Innovation Authority today announced the six clean energy projects selected to receive $5.48 million in government funding through the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. The projects, conducted by a U.S. and an Israeli partner, will accelerate technology innovation on advanced vehicle technologies, batteries, energy efficiency measures, energy storage and the water-energy nexus.

Microturbines are finding their niche

May 27, 2020 — Hovering four meters above a closed airfield, former British military intelligence officer-turned entrepreneur, Richard Browning, is as close to a real-world Tony Stark (of “Iron Man” movie fame) as it gets. Read more here

A fuel-agnostic, do-it-all engine for power anywhere

Mar 31, 2020 — This powerful engine burns almost any liquid fuel, can fly a drone, and may provide emergency power all over the world. Read more here

Aero microturbine targets power generation applications

Mar 19, 2020 — UAV Turbines, Inc. (UAVT) has said its Monarch 5 turboshaft engine can now run on natural gas, which could extend its application beyond flight into ground emergency and standby power generation for both onsite and remote application areas. Read more here

Early Look: UAV Turbines Unveils its Micro-Turbogenerator System (MTS)

Feb 19, 2020 — The MTS system can help people like the first responders, search and rescue, disaster relief and military operations, and other segments of the workforce with an unique solution to keep them going in their most critical times of need. Read more here

UAV Turbines developing microturbine engine for UAVs

Nov 5, 2019 — UAV Turbines is developing a microturbine engine specifically for Group 3 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and the company believes the engines will be more reliable than the reciprocating engines commonly used in this class of aircraft. Read more here

New Startup UAV Turbines Makes Micro Jet Engines for Drones

Oct 24, 2019 — A new startup based in Florida called UAV Turbines has developed a small jet engine, or microturbine, that can be used to power UAVs.
The company’s first microturbine-based propulsion system is called Monarch 5. It comes in a fixed-wing drone that has a 22-foot wingspan and weighs around 500 pounds. Read more here

Startup Plans To Use A Tiny Jet Engine To Boost Drone Batteries

Oct 18, 2019 — Just this August, the Florida-based startup flew its first microturbine-based propulsion system, called Monarch 5, in a compact fixed-wing drone weighing about 500 pounds, with a 22-foot wingspan. This quietjet engine can power propellers, generate electricity for electric motors, or even produce its own thrust. And while pocket-sized jet engines have been boosting radio-controlled model airplanes for decades, the company calls the Monarch 5 the first commercial-grade microturbine. Read more here

The Plan to Boost Drone Batteries With a Teensy Jet Engine

Oct 18, 2019 — For all the hype swirling around electric aviation, the current state of battery technology and electric powertrains remains a limiting factor for all the drones, air taxis, cargo haulers, and flying cars hoping to take off. Unhappy with that cap on the range, power, and speed of these aircraft, one Florida startup is taking a different tack. Rather than relying on batteries and rotors, UAV Turbines is developing a tiny jet engine. Read more here

The UAV Engine of the Future

Oct 6, 2019 — A company pioneering in microturbine technology has recently announced the first flight of its first-of-a-kind microturbine propulsion system. Developed by UAV Turbines Inc, the Monarch 5 engine showed off its capabilities at Griffiss International Airport. Read more here

Microturbine-Powered Drone Makes Maiden Flight

Sept 25, 2019 — A medium-sized drone powered by a microturbine engine has completed its maiden flight. Taking off from Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York, the fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was equipped with a Monarch 5 jet engine built by UAV Turbines that is designed to serve both the military and commercial markets. Read more here

Microturbine Engine Maker Performs Breakthrough UAV Flight

Sept 25, 2019 — UAV Turbines recent test light near Rome, New York, proves that in the world of unmanned aircraft systems technology, the best technologies used today are only getting better for tomorrow. Read more here

Watch the first flight of a drone with a microturbine engine

Sept 24, 2019 — “The UAV market is about to grow much, much more in the coming years, seeing as drones are being eyed for medicine drops, cargo delivery and search-and-rescue.” Read more here

PICTURES: UAV Turbines tests micro turboprop on drone

Sept 24, 2019 — UAV Turbines successfully test flew a micro-turboprop-powered TigerShark unmanned air vehicle (UAV) twice at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York since 15 August. Read more here

Small/Medium UAV Turbine Engine In Flight Tests

Sept 24, 2019 — A small turboprop engine specifically designed to power tactical unmanned aircraft has completed its first flight. The 20-shp-class UAV Turbines (UAVT) Monarch 5 microturbine propulsion system flew in a Navmar Applied Sciences (NASC) RQ-23 TigerShark, replacing a Herbrandson two-stroke piston engine. Read more here

Drone Cargo Delivery Will Require Changes to Propulsion Systems

Aug 6, 2019 — While turbine engines have been used in large commercial and military aerospace aircraft for 60 years, they have yet to be used in smaller drones because of the complex engineering required to re-imagine and redesign turbine engines at such a smaller scale. Read more here

Microturbine Propulsion for UAVTs

Aug 1, 2019 — After spending five years working to design and manufacture a world-class gas turbine engine small enough to fit into Group 3 and Group 4 the team at UAV Turbines has achieved this engineering feat with the recent launch of its Monarch propulsion system. Read more here

Press Releases

UAV Turbines, Inc. Demonstrates its Microturbine Engine Operating with Environmentally Friendly Natural Gas

Miami, FL., Mar. 18, 2020 — The successful test of Monarch 5 running on natural gas shows the system’s unparalleled level of fuel flexibility as UAV Turbines transitions into production for commercial and defense customers. Read more here

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UAV Turbines, Inc. Launches a Compact Turbogenerator Redefining Portable Power Use

Miami, FL., Feb. 19, 2020 — The turbogenerator platform brings a new class of micro gas-turbine generators to the market. Read more here

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UAV Turbines, Inc. Expands Its Microturbine Capabilities to Electrically Powered UAVs

Miami, FL., Dec. 10, 2019 — The Monarch Hybrid Range Extender (HREX) will provide unmatched onboard power and flight time to commercial and military UAVs. Read more here

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UAV Turbines’ Monarch 5 Engine Completes Successful Inaugural Flight

Rome, NY., Sept. 24, 2019 — UAV Turbines announces a successful inaugural flight of the Monarch 5 microturbine engine. This new turboprop technology is engineered to provide mid-sized commercial and military unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) with a reliable, efficient, safe, heavy-fuel propulsion system. Read more here

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Monarch RP Propulsion System Announced

Miami, FL., May 3, 2019 — The Monarch RP family of microturbine engines are the first engines that will provide defense and commercial partners with reliable, quiet, and powerful propulsion systems. Read more here

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UAV Turbines Appoints Four New Members to Advisory Board

Miami, FL., Mar 22, 2018 — UAVT has appointed a new Advisory Board of four outstanding individuals with extraordinary experience and accomplishment in both military and civilian aviation. The board will guide the company as it moves its technology to commercialization. Read more here

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UAV Turbines Enters Joint Agreement with U.S. Army

Miami, FL., Feb 20, 2018 — UAV Turbines, Inc (UAVT) has entered an agreement with the U.S. Army under the Reliable Advanced Small Power Systems (RASPS) Technology Demonstration program for development of a 200 shp-class turboprop engine. Read more here

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