Hybrid-Electric UAVs Under Development

Credit: BYE AEROSPACE
For a brief moment at the dawn of the jet age, when thrust was low and reliability lower, there were aircraft that needed piston and turbine power to get off the ground. The same is true of electric propulsion, where none of the candidates—battery packs, fuel cells or solar arrays—are powerful or...

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