33th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

05 - Propulsion

NUCLEAR POWERED AIR-BREATHING ELECTRIC THRUSTERS USED IN UAVS FOR EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL APPLICATIONS

S. Bhurat¹, S. Das¹, N.K. Shetty¹; ¹RV College of Engineering, India

The paper aims to study and develop Unmanned Aerial Vehicles that run using motors, electric thrusters as propulsion units and nuclear fuel Plutonium-238 (238 Pu) as its power generation source for MMRTG. The UAV being ideated plans to operate both in earth’s atmosphere and extra-terrestrial space.rn


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