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Synopsis:At the Defense Manufacturing Conference, NRL researchers Cronin and Rodgers bagged the Technology Achievement Award for Lightweight Hydrogen Fuel Cells

4 WASHINGTON, – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers recently demonstrated Hybrid Tiger, an electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with multi-day endurance flight capability, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. The team integrated technologies developed in prior NRL power and energy programs into a single UAV to achieve multi-day endurance with a Group 2 UAV. Group 2 UAVs are typically in the 21-55 pound weight class and normally operate below 3,500 feet above ground level at speeds less than 250 knots. This was the first time Hybrid Tiger flew through a complete 2...