UAV Turbines, a manufacturer of microturbine technology for unmanned aircraft, has completed the initial flight of its Monarch 5 turboprop engine designed for mid-sized drones, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday.

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A UAV Turbines subsidiary has signed a $19 million technology investment agreement with the U.S. Army to develop a small turboprop gas turbine engine that will be used for unmanned aerial vehicle propulsion systems. Under the Reliable Advanced Small Power Systems Technology Demonstration program, Locust USA will design, build and test the engine that is expected to reach technical readiness level […] More

The National Nuclear Security Administration has received the final wind turbines for a wind farm in Amarillo, Texas that is being built by Siemens Government Technologies, the German conglomerate’s U.S. federal business organization. Siemens has set the operational date for the Pantex Renewable Energy Project as July 31, 2014 — nearly a year after NNSA and […] More