Rotron Launches Heavy-fuel UAV Engine at Farnborough
Rotary engines deliver reliable performance in the 20-60 hp range,

Rotron, a Gilo Industries Group company, announced here at the Farnborough Airshow the launch of what the company calls the first series of commercial off the shelf (COTS) heavy-fuel engines in the 20-60 hp category.

Aimed at the military UAV market, the development was driven by NATO’s 1997 announcement of a single-fuel policy, said Jim Edmondson, CEO of Dorset, UK-based Rotron. The NATO recommendation calls for just one type of fuel to be used across all motorized military assets, from chain saws to UAVs. Rotron claims to be the only manufacturer able to produce a heavy fuel variant within its engine category.

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