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Overview Military Engines
By Staff Writer Last updated: December 4th, 2024

Military Vehicle Engines

Engines convert chemical energy in fuel into mechanical energy, and are used to power almost all military vehicles operating on land, at sea or in the air.

Tracked and wheeled military land vehicles, such as tanks, armored personnel carriers and trucks, are commonly powered by petrol or diesel internal combustion piston engines. Some may use multifuel engines that allow for versatile refueling with whatever can be found in the area of operations. A few tanks also utilize gas turbine engines, which use high-temperature pressurized gas to drive the transmission.

Military Aircraft Engines

Military aircraft may use reciprocating or piston engines, which are very similar in principle to the automotive versions. They may also use turboprop or turboshaft engines, which harness the output of gas turbines to drive a propeller. Fighter jet aircraft engines use the thrust from hot compressed air and burning fuel to propel the aircraft. Military helicopters typically use turboshaft engines.

Naval Vessel Propulsion

Naval boats and vessels use a variety of marine propulsion systems. Small vessels such as RHIBs and light patrol and assault boats will typically be powered by marine diesel engines. Larger vessels, including warships such as frigates and corvettes, may use hybrid engines that combine diesel, gas turbine, and electric propulsion methods in various ways. Some of these systems include

  • CODOG – combined diesel or gas
  • CODLAD – combined diesel-electric and diesel
  • CODLAG – combined diesel-electric and gas

Some large vessels such as aircraft carriers and battle cruisers may use nuclear reactors.

Submarine Engines

Submarines are usually powered either by diesel-electric engines or nuclear engines. Diesel-electric engines work normally when the submarine is near the surface, and charge up batteries for use when the vessel submerges and has no access to oxygen. Submarine engines must run extremely quietly in order to make the vessel hard to detect.

Products (35)

AGT1500 Turbine Engine

1500-horsepower main battle tank engine

1500-horsepower main battle tank engine
... a gas turbine engine that is specifically designed to fulfil main battle tank propulsion... ...e and powerful engine excels in a variety of challenging environments, including sub-arctic...
T55-714C Turboshaft Engine

Next-generation T55 engine for military helicopters

Next-generation T55 engine for military helicopters
...tle-proven T55 engine family, which powers the U.S. Army’s Chinook heavy-lift helicopters and has... ......upgraded 6000-horsepower engine provides a number of improvements over its predecessor,...
SP-180 SRE Hybrid Wankel Engine

Hybrid Wankel rotary engine for UAS

Hybrid Wankel rotary engine for UAS
... single rotary engine with 180 ccm combustion
chamber and a directly attached starter generator.... ... with multiple engine systems flying in all environmental conditions globally. The SP-180 has a...
SP-180 SRE Hybrid Demonstrator Engine

Demonstrator hybrid Wankel rotary engine for UAS

Demonstrator hybrid Wankel rotary engine for UAS
...e-piece rotary engine with 180 ccm combustion chamber and a directly attached starter generator....
SP-180 HF SRE Hybrid Wankel Engine

Heavy Fuel hybrid Wankel rotary engine for UAS

Heavy Fuel hybrid Wankel rotary engine for UAS
... single rotary engine with 180 ccm combustion chamber and a directly attached starter generator.... ......or. Predictable maintenance minimizes the engine down time, meaning greater operational capacity....
SP-55 TS ROS Two-Stroke Engine

Single-cylinder UAS engine

Single-cylinder UAS engine
...t one-cylinder engines on the market....
SP-55 FI TS ROS Two-Stroke Engine

Fuel injected single-cylinder UAS engine

Fuel injected single-cylinder UAS engine
...ingle-cylinder engines on the market. ...
SP-28 CR Two-Stroke Engine

Single-cylinder UAS engine

Single-cylinder UAS engine
...ngest standing engine in our lineup. It is particularly suited for fixed wing aircraft on the upper...
SP-55 FI TS Generator Application

Two-stroke fuel injected single-cylinder hybrid engine

Two-stroke fuel injected single-cylinder hybrid engine
Designed with twin spark plugs, the SP-55 FI TS Generator Application is equipped with a fuel inject...
SP-56 ROS Two Stroke Engine

Two-cylinder UAS engine

Two-cylinder UAS engine
... dual cylinder engine in the Sky Power portfolio. ...
Two-cylinder UAS engine
... dual cylinder engine in the Sky Power portfolio. ...
SP-110 TS ROS Two Stroke Engine

Two-cylinder UAS engine

Two-cylinder UAS engine
... dual cylinder engines in Sky Power portfolio, the system offers power density and reliability in...
SP-110 FI TS ROS Two Stroke Engine

Two-cylinder UAS engine

Two-cylinder UAS engine
... dual cylinder engines in Sky Power portfolio, the system offers power density and reliability in...
SP-170 HF FI TS ROS Heavy Fuel Engine

Dual cylinder Heavy Fuel engine for UAS

Dual cylinder Heavy Fuel engine for UAS
...s a two-stroke engine with twin spark and rear output shaft and starter generator, designed for a...
Two-cylinder UAS engine
... dual cylinder engines in our portfolio, the SP-110 TS ROS with 110 ccm offers power density and...
SP-170 TS ROS Two Stroke Engine

Dual cylinder UAS Engine

Dual cylinder UAS Engine
... SP-170 TS ROS engine is the mid range propulsion system designed for aircraft from 60-80kg MTOW. ...
Dual cylinder UAS engine
...s a two-stroke engine with twin spark and rear output
shaft designed for a range of UAS...
SP-210 TS ROS Two Stroke Engine

Dual cylinder UAS engine

Dual cylinder UAS engine
...s a two-stroke engine that comes with dual spark for redundancy and a rear output shaft for user...
Dual cylinder UAS engine
... dual cylinder engine with 210ccm is positioned in the 60~100kg UAS tier. ...
SP-210 FI TS ROS Two Stroke Engine

Dual cylinder UAS engine

Dual cylinder UAS engine
...s a two-stroke engine with twin spark and rear output shaft designed for a range of UAS...
SP-210 HF FI TS ROS Two Stroke Engine

Dual cylinder Heavy Fuel UAS engine

Dual cylinder Heavy Fuel UAS engine
... fuel injected engine for Heavy Fuel (HF) with twin spark and Starter Generator for varied UAS...
SP-170 FI TS ROS Two Stroke Engine

Dual cylinder UAS engine

Dual cylinder UAS engine
...s a two-stroke engine with twin spark and rear
output shaft is designed for varied applications...
SP-275 TS ROS Two Stroke Engine

Two cylinder UAS engine

Two cylinder UAS engine
...S, due to this engines target market system. With the starter generator mounted on the ROS, the...
Two cylinder UAS engine
...S, due to this engines target market system. With the starter generator mounted on the ROS, the...
SP-275 FI TS ROS Two Stroke Engine

Two cylinder UAS engine

Two cylinder UAS engine
...S, due to this engines target market system. With the starter generator mounted on the ROS, the...
Two cylinder UAS engine
...s a two-stroke engine with twin spark, decompression valves and rear carburator for varied target...
Two cylinder engine
...s a two-stroke engine with twin spark,...
AMT Micro Turbines

Micro turbine solutions for cUAS, targets or high speed UAVs

Micro turbine solutions for cUAS, targets or high speed UAVs
...... (51.7lbs) to 1569N (352lbs). The largest engine has been in full production since December 2018....
Suter UAV engines

Compact 2-stroke gasoline & heavy fuel UAV engines

Compact 2-stroke gasoline & heavy fuel UAV engines
...st modular UAV engines based around a core 2-stroke platform with air cooling, advanced electronic... ...... Suter currently offers four UAV engine variants:
iHE7 Hybrid Generator

Lightweight hybrid system with twin-cylinder 2-stroke EFI engine

Lightweight hybrid system with twin-cylinder 2-stroke EFI engine
INF Inject's iHE7 is a hybrid generator for UAVs that was specifically designed to address the gap i...
Saito 120

120cc four-stroke UAV engine with highly efficient fuel consumption

120cc four-stroke UAV engine with highly efficient fuel consumption
...aito 120cc UAV engine is based on the proven and reliable Saito four-stroke platform. Created with...
DA70

70cc EFI UAV engine for rugged military applications

70cc EFI UAV engine for rugged military applications
...ect's DA70 UAV engine is based on Desert Aircraft's proven and reliable two-stroke 70cc platform....
DA215

High-performance 215cc twin-cylinder 2-stroke UAV engine

High-performance 215cc twin-cylinder 2-stroke UAV engine
...ct's DA215 UAV engine is based on Desert Aircraft's proven and reliable two-stroke 215cc platform....
DA150

150cc twin-cylinder 2-stroke EFI engine for government & DoD UAVs

150cc twin-cylinder 2-stroke EFI engine for government & DoD UAVs
...ct's DA150 UAV engine is based on Desert Aircraft's proven and reliable two-stroke 150cc platform....
DA35

Compact 35cc single-cylinder 2-stroke UAV engine

Compact 35cc single-cylinder 2-stroke UAV engine
...ect's DA35 UAV engine is based on Desert Aircraft's proven and reliable two-stroke 35cc platform....

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