Boeing deal for Yorkshire firm

ITM Power has signed a deal with aerospace giant Boeing to develop and trial a new refuelling station for the company’s unmanned drones.

The Sheffield-based company will develop a device based on its solar-powered PEM electrolyser technology to fuel drones which are increasingly used for a variety of military and civilian uses.

ITM Power chief executive Graham Cooley said:”ITM Power has had a dialogue with Boeing Research and 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. 

“I am delighted that Boeing Research & Technology Europe has now returned to ITM Power to complete the project with our PEM electrolyser technology and I look forward to taking our relationship further”.

Francisco Escartí, managing director of Boeing Research & Technology Europe, said: “We are very excited to test ITM Power´s PEM electrolyzer technology in our off-grid solar-based refueling station for UAS.”