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04 Nov 2026, 6:30 PM	Tom's Hardware	2.5	US Army successfully flies a hybrid electric drone with 3D-printed heavy-fuel rotary engine — uses advanced engineering to ditch a bulky liquid cooling system Tom's Hardware reports that the US Army has successfully flown a hybrid electric drone built around a 3D-printed heavy-fuel rotary engine paired with a 400V motor-generator, with the design engineered to eliminate a bulky liquid cooling system. The article text available here is almost entirely page navigation and subscription prompts — only the headline-level claims (3D-printed rotary engine, heavy fuel, hybrid-electric, 400V, no liquid cooling) are actually supported. No flight duration, payload, power output, weight figures, test date, or named programme are given. Why: There is not enough detail here to change a build decision. The only concrete claim is the 400V hybrid architecture and the removal of liquid cooling from a heavy-fuel rotary engine — which, if it holds up, points at reduced weight and simpler field maintenance for small drones. But without power output, weight, or endurance numbers, you cannot compare it to anything you'd actually source. Treat this as a signal to watch, not a spec sheet. hardware drones hybrid-electric 3d-printing defense-tech

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04 Nov 2026, 6:30 PM

Tom's Hardware

2.5

US Army successfully flies a hybrid electric drone with 3D-printed heavy-fuel rotary engine — uses advanced engineering to ditch a bulky liquid cooling system

Tom's Hardware reports that the US Army has successfully flown a hybrid electric drone built around a 3D-printed heavy-fuel rotary engine paired with a 400V motor-generator, with the design engineered to eliminate a bulky liquid cooling system. The article text available here is almost entirely page navigation and subscription prompts — only the headline-level claims (3D-printed rotary engine, heavy fuel, hybrid-electric, 400V, no liquid cooling) are actually supported. No flight duration, payload, power output, weight figures, test date, or named programme are given.

Why: There is not enough detail here to change a build decision. The only concrete claim is the 400V hybrid architecture and the removal of liquid cooling from a heavy-fuel rotary engine — which, if it holds up, points at reduced weight and simpler field maintenance for small drones. But without power output, weight, or endurance numbers, you cannot compare it to anything you'd actually source. Treat this as a signal to watch, not a spec sheet.