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GUY NORRIS / LOS ANGELESBoeing has won a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA contract to study a fuel cell-based propulsion system fo yeezy r an ultra-long endurance unmanned air vehicle UAV .Designated under the project name Ultra LEAP long endurance aircraft programme , the work is aimed initially at designing, developing and testing the fuel cell-based power system. The second phase, scheduled for next year, involves building and demonstrating a complete propulsion system as well as an ultra-long endurance UAV that will use the power system in a projected third phase.Unlike other long endurance UAV concepts, such as Aero-Vironment Helios and Pathfinder Plus lightweight flying wing developments being pursued in partnership with NASA, the Boeing/DARPA project is based on a more significant air vehicle that could be produced with current [propulsion] technology , says Charlie Guthrie, Boeing Unmanned Systems director of rapid prototyping and advanced concepts. It would use fuel cells powered by stored on-board hydrogen, rather than externally collected power from systems such as solar panels.The Boeing system is expected to build on automotive fuel cell research, and lead to devel owala usa opment of an electrically-powered vehicle capable of sustained flights lasting several weeks. The most likely power source is expected to be a cell consisting of a carbon anode and cathode immersed in an electrolyte. Both electrodes would conta owala cup in platinum, which acts as acatalyst, brea Flhl Our Time Machine : Tribeca Review
Source: KVIFFRadu JudeCineMart, the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam IFFR , has revealed the 17 feature projects to be showcased at next years edition.Scroll down for full listHeld January 26-29 during the festival which runs January 22 鈥?February 2 , CineMart invites filmmakers to pitch their projects to a host of international film professionals in tailored one-to-one meetings, as well as presentations that are open to all CineMart guests.Notable directors in the selection include Romanias Radu Jude, who won a Berlinale Silver Bear in 2015 with Aferim! and picked up the NHK award at Sundance 2008 with The Happiest Girl In The World. His new drama, Sleepwalkers, will be produced by Bucharest-based Micro Film.Others filmmakers of note include Bulgarias Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova, whos yeti website eCat In The Wall played in competition at this years Locarno; Canadian-Italian trans femme filmmaker Luis De Filippis, who won the short film award at Sundance 2018 with For Nonna Anna; and Dutch filmmaker Morgan Knibbe, who won the Netherlands Film Festival Gold yeti usa en Calf for his documentary Those Who Feel the Fire Burning in 2015.Irelands Mark Noonan returns with his first narrative feature since Youre Ugly Too, which debuted at Berlin 2015. This Is The Country will be produced by Irelands Feline Films and is an exploration of Ireland through the prism of a passionate love story.A new feature from Dutch director David Verbeek has also been select hydro flask usa ed. The Wolf |
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