Cyclone Power Technologies Successfully Completes R&D Project for Raytheon Company

Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. has successfully completed a third phase of performance tests of its heat-regenerative external combustion engine for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), a business of Raytheon Company. The tests verified by Raytheon demonstrated that Cyclone’s prototype, water-cooled “Stingray” engine achieved thermal efficiencies over 30%. Applied to a large diameter unmanned undersea vehicle, such efficiency yields double... Read more..

Military Licensee Advent Power Systems Delivers Final License Fee to Cyclone Power

Cyclone Power Technologies announced that Advent Power Systems has made its final base payment to Cyclone under its Technology License Agreement. The timely delivery of this license fee secures for Advent the continuing rights to pursue power and motive applications for the Cyclone Engine with the U.S., European and Israeli military establishments, as well as large biomass applications. As Cyclone’s first licensee, Advent has been active over the... Read more..

ConocoPhillips and CleanFUEL USA Launch Program to Increase Propane Fueling Sites

CleanFUEL USA and ConocoPhillips have signed a three-year agreement to advance propane infrastructure for the U.S. transportation fuel industry. Under the agreement, the two companies will provide resources to install and supply propane fuel pumps for commercial fleet fuel users. Propane fueling stations will be installed not only at fleet owner sites, but may also be made available nationwide at select ConocoPhillips’ branded stations, which include... Read more..

Enterprise Treemapping Gets Lean with Honeycomb 5.5 from The Hive Group

The Hive Group announces a significant new architecture with its powerful release of Honeycomb 5.5. The world’s leading provider of treemap visualization software now offers more options than ever for enterprise and extranet deployments. Built around The Hive Group’s core generation engine technology, Honeycomb 5.5 leverages common algorithms and functionality, while enabling diverse deployment environments. This approach addresses the... Read more..

Hydrogen Powered Turbine Test Proves Successful

Turbine Truck Engines, Inc., a leader in developing environmentally friendly turbine engine technology, is very pleased to report that the company has successfully operated its full scale, fifth generation prototype engine utilizing compressed hydrogen as the fuel source. The company also reported that the test produced zero emissions and required absolutely no modification to switch the Detonation Cycle Gas Turbine Engine from propane to hydrogen.... Read more..

Dresser-Rand Agrees to Acquire Arrow Industries, Inc. and Completes Acquisition of Assets of Enginuity LLC

Dresser-Rand Group Inc., a global supplier of rotating equipment to the oil, gas, petrochemical, and process industries, announced today that its affiliates have entered into two acquisition agreements. Each is consistent with the company’s strategy of acquiring products, services, and technologies that offer access to new markets or enhance current market positions, and each will enable Dresser-Rand to expand services to its clients. The acquisitions... Read more..