Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Skycorp Displays Purpose-built Hydrogen Drone
Skycorp's e-Drone Zero has three times the endurance of a comparable, battery-only UAS
Skycorp CEO Marek Alliksoo (L) and Intelligent Energy's Lee Juby with the e-Drone Zero. (photo: Mark Huber)
Skycorp CEO Marek Alliksoo (L) and Intelligent Energy's Lee Juby with the e-Drone Zero. (photo: Mark Huber)

Estonia-based Skycorp is displaying its e-Drone Zero UAS, purposely-designed to run on a hydrogen fuel cell at this weeks’ Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) conference in Chicago. The 15.4-pound drone (mtow) is designed to carry payloads up to 4.4 pounds aloft for up to two hours at altitudes to 9,842 feet.

According to Skycorp, the e-Drone Zero can be equipped with LiDAR, infrared turret camera, forward-looking infrared (FLIR), and custom audio packages, as well as other options such as transponder, parachute, and advanced sensor packages. The aircraft is powered by an 800-watt (1.4-kilowatt peak power) hydrogen fuel cell and power unit from the UK’s Intelligent Energy. 

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