Doosan’s Hydrogen Drone DS30W Next Generation

by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby

This past Friday, Korean company Doosan Mobility International (DMI) launched its 2nd generation hydrogen drone DS30W for the European market during a meeting of the Maritime Emerging & Enabling Technologies Innovation Park(METIP) in Den Helder, the Netherlands. Following a demonstration of the hydrogen drone by DroneQ Robotics, a cooperation agreement was signed to establish the joint investigation of applications in the maritime and offshore industry, in order to support the North Sea energy transition.

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