Better battery technology is crucial for the continued development of small unmanned air systems, according to Marko Peljhan, co-founder and CEO of Slovenian aerospace firm C-Astral.
Speaking to Shephard at the AUVSI conference in Atlanta earlier this month, Peljhan said that there was an ever growing demand for increased endurance among systems, and as far as lightweight construction material had taken the industry, it would be in power generation that the next stage of development would be needed.
‘Batteries and energy are key, they are the King and Queen at the court of aviation. You have to have batteries if
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