UAV Turbines, a developer of advanced heavy-fuel microturbine propulsion systems, announced that it has entered into a $19 million Technology Investment Agreement (“TIA”) with the US Army to collaborate in development of an efficient and reliable/durable small turboprop gas turbine engine for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). 

This initiative is part of the Army’s “Reliable Advanced Small Power Systems (RASPS) Technology Demonstration” program whose overall objective is to design, manufacture and test a 200 shp class advanced technology engine to technical readiness level (TRL) 6.