The first hydrogen fuel cell-powered UAV, the Boomerang, developed by BlueBird Aero Systems, will be unveiled at the upcoming AUVSI Unmanned Systems 2009 conference in the US.
The Boomerang, a 9kg field-operational electric unmanned aerial system (UAS) can fly for over nine hours using a hydrogen-electric power system built by Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies.
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The UAS has been developed under a three-year BlueBird initiative to integrate the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology into a specially designed UAS.
The support systems include hybrid capabilities for system power redundancy, the fuel-cell cooling mechanism and more.
The fuel cell-powered UAS is already licensed for flights in Israel, where it is graded as a mature system.
The hydrogen-electric powered UAS also has new capabilities such as reduced acoustic signature,
increased effectiveness in persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions and a smaller size.
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By GlobalDataAUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2009 will be held between 11-13 August 2009.
