The containerized electrolysis equipment will form part of Boeing’s current off-grid refueling station for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
ITM said during the last few years the Unmanned Aircraft Systems industry/sector has seen growth, mainly through the development and maturing of military applications and followed by wide recognition of their possibilities in civilian applications which include: border control, coastguard, law enforcement, pipeline and powerline monitoring, earth and environmental observations, communications and many more.
The systems will offer low investment risk as well as low infrastructure requirements for tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, the company said.
ITM CEO Graham Cooley said ITM Power has had a dialogue with Boeing Research & Technology -Europe for several years and actually completed some of the early ground work that led to the inception of the off-grid solar-based refuelling station for UAS that Boeing Research & Technology Europe is developing in Spain.
