DARPA-SN-25-109

DARPA Lift Challenge

Revolutionizing Heavy Vertical Lift Aviation

DARPA-SN-25-109

Source: DARPA | Alan Clarke

DARPA Lift Challenge DARPAtv

Toroidal Propeller https://www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/other/doc/2022-09/TVO_Technology_Highlight_41_Toroidal_Propeller.pdf

Industrial Multirotor Drones, Long-Endurance Fixed Wing VTOL UAVs, & High-Energy-Density Li-ion Batteries https://www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com/company/t-drones/ares-battery/

future methods:

Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) propulsion

Electrohydrodynamic effect offers promise for efficient propulsion in air https://lae.mit.edu/2024/06/28/electrohydrodynamic-effect-offers-promise-for-efficient-propulsion-in-air/

lightweight solar panels and solid-state fuel cells

Electrohydrodynamic Thrust for In-Atmosphere Propulsion https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.J055928

no moving components propulsion

Lockheed Martin Jets into Nuclear Electrical Spacecraft Power https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2023/lockheed-martin-jets-into-nuclear-electrical-spacecraft-power.html power source

Analytical model for electrohydrodynamic thrust https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2020.0220 2.1 ∂Nk∂t+∇⋅[(u+μkE)Nk−Dk∇Nk]=ωk, error

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