| Australia. Orbital announces new licensee |
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| Monday, 04 April 2005 | |
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Press release: Orbital is pleased to announce a new licensee of its direct injection (DI) technology. Goebler-Hirth Motoren KG (Hirth) of Benningen, Germany has entered into a license to use Orbital's air-assist DI on a new range of 2-stroke engines to meet the growing global demand for heavy fuel engines. Hirth has been in business since 1917 producing highly regarded 2-stroke aircraft engines for ultra-lights, helicopters, hovercrafts, fire pumps, amphibious aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Hirth plans to offer a family of heavy fuel engines that can operate on kerosene based fuels to support a worldwide push to eliminate the use of gasoline in specialty engines in civilian and defense fields. Potential applications of this family of engines include UAVs, generators, compressors and water pumps. Orbital's air-assist DI enables spark ignition engines to reliably operate on kerosene based fuels. A better power to weight ratio is achieved compared to using diesel compression ignition engine alternatives. Orbital has successfully applied this same solution on a range of outboard engines for the US Department of Defense and UK Ministry of Defense. The Orbital equipped Hirth heavy fuel engine was recently demonstrated to a number of potential customers in Europe. It was also displayed at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon in Victoria and will be displayed in June at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2005 Exhibition in Baltimore, Maryland USA. |
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