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Northrop Grumman 's Fire-X passes key test - SignOnSanDiego.com In an important milestone, engineers recently turned the power on for the first time in Fire-X, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that Northrop Grumman's Rancho Bernardo plant is developing with Bell Helicopter. Northrop...

Carbon Fibre Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Set to Smash Its Own Endurance Record Employing carbon fibre airframe components manufactured by Leafield-based Formtech Composites, QinetiQ's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) project, "Zephyr", is expected to go into the record books by quadrupling its own...

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India orders Israeli armed UAVs - in case US drones reach Pakistan http://www.debka.com/article/8688/ Sources close to the Indian defense ministry in New Delhi disclosed Wednesday, March 31, that a military purchasing mission was in Israel recently to expedite the purchase of a large...

Ludhiana businessman designs 'half scale' UAV http://www.dailyindia.com/show/367647.php Ludhiana, Mar. 31 : A Ludhiana-based businessman who started off with aero modelling as a hobby has designed a 'half scale' unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). UAV is a light aerial vehicle used by the air...

Future: Samarai Lockheed Martin Class: Biomimetic Size: 150 grams, 12-inch wingspan Habitat: Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Tech Laboratories in Bethesda, Maryland Behavior: Like the spiraling maple-leaf seedlings—more commonly known as whirlybirds—that inspired it, the single wing spins around a...

Future: Global Observer AeroVironment Size: Weight undisclosed, 175-foot wingspan Habitat: Made by Monrovia, California’s AeroVironment, Global Observer will circle up to 65,000 feet above battlefields, disaster sites, borders—any locale in need of aerial surveillance or a wireless data link...

Future: Boeing HALE (High Altitude Long Endurance) Concept Boeing Size: 7 tons, 250-foot wingspan Habitat: 65,000 feet above future battlefields, where it will provide 24/7 surveillance and data communication Notable Feature: The plane stays up for 10 days, powered by a Ford truck engine...

Future: Zephyr QinetiQ Size: Less than 100 pounds, 75-foot wingspan Habitat: 50,000 feet above Yuma, Arizona, where London-based manufacturer QinetiQ is testing prototypes Notable Feature:

Future: Avenger General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Class: Hunt-and-kill Habitat: Flight-operations center for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems in Palmdale, California, where it’s performing final test flights for prospective buyers Behavior: The stealthy jet-powered Avenger is packed...

Future: Mantis Ronen Nadir/Bluebird Aero Systems Class: Autonomous Habitat: Up to 40,000 feet above any battlefield, disaster site or border, relaying intelligence data back to controllers on the ground Behavior: All a soldier will have to do to send the self-piloted Mantis on a mission is...

Future: Skylite BAE Systems Class: Stealth Habitat: Israeli borders Behavior: Equipped with cameras and sensors, SkyLite typically flies up to 36,000 feet, the same altitude as commercial airplanes, providing a bird’s-eye view of enemy terrain and movement. Notable Feature: Fits in a backpack...

Future: S-100 Camcopter Franz Pfluegl/Schiebel Class: Hovercraft Habitat: Warships, borders, forest fires, mob scenes Behavior: Made by Austrian electronics manufacturer Schiebel, the helicopter can take off and land autonomously from a half-sized helipad and fly for six hours with a 75-pound...

Future: Excalibur McArdle Productions Class: Hunt-and-kill Habitat: Future war zones, on land and at sea. If Aurora Flight Sciences can scale up the prototype, Excalibur could be deployed on the battlefield within five years. Behavior: Unlike Air Force drones, which are flown by operators...

Future: Ion Tiger Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Class: Endurance Habitat: European airfields, potentially, from which it could reach the Middle East, once the Navy perfects the fuel-cell technology inside. It could fly as low as 1,000 feet without being heard on the ground, or as...

Future: Embla Aesir Class: Hovercraft Habitat: Afghanistan and disaster zones, starting in June, according to British manufacturer Aesir. About the size and shape of a spare tire, the Embla lifts straight up from the ground without the need for a runway, making it more useful to combat...

Future: RQ-170 Sentinel Jean-Dominique Merchet Class: Stealth Habitat: Migrating from its suspected home base at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, this top-secret military spy drone makes classified sorties into enemy terrain. Behavior: An offspring of Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works program, the...

Future: Vulture Jim Wilson/Lockheed Martin Class: High-Altitude Habitat: A belt of relatively calm air around 55,000 feet Behavior: Lockheed Martin’s design for Darpa’s Vulture program can stay aloft for five years, turning lazy circles above any patch of ground that needs continuous...

Future: Demon BAE Systems Class: Autonomous Habitat: Defense giant BAE Systems laboratory in London Behavior: The Demon flies with no fins and almost no moving parts, so it rarely needs repairs. Software makes it partially autonomous. Notable Features: The entire body of the craft is shaped...