Orbital Corp. Ltd. (OBT) to Supply FlexDI Engines to AAI
Orbital recently announced that the company has been contracted to supply engines for use in vehicles manufactured by Textron, Inc. subsidiary AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The heavy fuel engines Orbital is supplying utilize the company's new FlexDI Engine Management system, which enables vehicles to use fuels such as JP5 and JP8, satisfying a U.S. Department of Defense policy which eliminates gasoline fuels for safety and logistic reasons; the DoD's "one fuel" policy. Based in Perth, Western Australia, Orbital is focused on providing green product design and development to manufacturers of engines and engine management systems. Orbital technology has been used…