{
  "id": 18110509,
  "title": "US Army successfully flies a hybrid electric drone with 3D-printed heavy-fuel rotary engine — 400v motor-generator uses advanced engineering to ditch a bulky liquid cooling system",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/us-army-successfully-flies-a-hybrid-electric-drone-with-3d-printed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T10:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/us-army-successfully-flies-a-hybrid-electric-drone-with-3d-printed-heavy-fuel-rotary-engine-400v-motor-generator-uses-advanced-engineering-to-ditch-a-bulky-liquid-cooling-system"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Army VICTOR drone uses an optimized heavy-fuel rotary engine developed with metal 3D printing for rapid prototyping.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}