Military UAVs – Page 311
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Unorthodox fuel puts Firebird in class of its own
Mark Hannant Hydrogen peroxide is usually associated with adolescents and bleached hair. For Intora Firebird it has a much more significant, application. The Southend, UK-based manufacturer has unveiled three versions of its hydrogen peroxide-fuelled Intora Firebird at the show's static display. Unfortunately, while it is the novel fuel ...
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UK plans hold key for European military builders
Tim Ripley The future of Europe's military aircraft manufacturing capability depends on the UK's Future Offensive Air System (FOAS), say British Aerospace executives. "Without something new, the current capacity in our industry is threatened," says Martin Blaze, BAe's FOAS project director. "FOAS is one thing that will ...
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Kaman tests out battlefield UAV theory
Kaman's K-MAX heavy lift helicopter has participated in two US Navy and Marine Corps exercises to test the potential of using unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to deliver critical supplies to troops on the ground. Using the global poitioning systems, the K-MAX was able to simulate flight as a ...
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Lockheed Martin works on cockpit
Lockheed Martin is to develop a common cockpit for the US Navy's upgraded Sikorsky SH-60Rs and new CH-60s, using commercial technology, after abandoning its initial upgrade approach as too expensive. The company has won a $61 million contract to equip two SH-60R prototypes for flight testing in late 1999, to ...
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Affordable AEW
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing's Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) with its distinctive rotodome, whether mounted on a 707 or 767 based airframe, is likely to be the last of the large, expensive surveillance platforms. While the USA is looking towards space-based surveillance in the long term, ...
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UAV breaks record with transatlantic crossing
An uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) completed a 3,200km (2,000nm) transatlantic flight on 21 August using only 6 litres (2USgal) of fuel during the 26h crossing. The record flight was achieved by an Aerosonde "robotic" aircraft built by composite manufacturing specialist RnR Products of Milpitas, California. It was developed over ...
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Boeing Delta III explodes on maiden flight
Tim Furniss/LONDON Boeing's first Delta III commercial booster exploded on its maiden flight about 70s after launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 26 August. The Hughes PanAmSat Galaxy X satellite was lost in the $277 million failure. Boeing said that the Delta III began to malfunction at T+55s ...
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Northrop system flies UAVs in test
Northrop system flies UAVs in test Northrop Grumman has demonstrated a new control system which allows autonomous control of several unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to be undertaken by a single operator. The capability of the firm's Co-operative Aggregate Mission Management System (CAMMS) was demonstrated in a company-funded flight ...
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Failed tests threaten future of Outrider unmanned air vehicle
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The future of the Alliant Techsystems Outrider tactical unmanned air vehicle (TUAV) is under new threat after a US Department of Defense report criticised the system for failing to meet several key flight test requirements and exceeding the promised purchase price by 50%. The damning ...
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USAF plans further manoeuvre vehicle tests
Further drop tests in the US Air Force Space Manoeuvre Vehicle (SMV) programme are planned, including a suborbital rocket engine boosted test flight in 2001, following the successful first drop-test of a 6.7m-long flight test vehicle on 11 August (Flight International, 19-25 August). A fully developed operational SMV would provide ...
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Outrider UAV suffers in test flight crash
Outrider tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has been severely damaged in a crash during a test flight, just days after it officially completed a two-year demonstration programme for the US Army. The accident was witnessed by Danish military officials who were being briefed by Alliant Techsystems on the vehicle's ...
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Gun-launched UAV under development
The US Navy has awarded Sonex Research a six-month contract to start development of a heavy-fuel powerplant for a gun-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV) under study by Science Applications International. The USN plans to conduct a demonstration of a gun-launched Forward Air Support-Marine advanced technology surveillance UAV. The vehicle ...
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Germany orders UAV from STN Atlas
The German army has placed an order with STN Atlas for series production of the Small Airborne Target Location System (KZO) unmanned air vehicle (UAV). According to the manufacturer, the order is worth about DM500 million ($280 million) and covers eight systems for the German army. Each system includes ...
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Greece orders stand-off missile from Dasa
The Greek Ministry of National Defence has ordered the Autonomous Freeflight Dispenser System (AFDS) stand-off weapon from Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) missile subsidiary LFK. The weapon will equip Greek Vought A-7 Corsairs, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms and Lockheed Martin F-16s. The AFDS is a development of the German/Swedish DWS 39 ...
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Rotary Rocket starts construction of the first Roton parts
Construction of the first parts of Rotary Rocket's Roton commercial space vehicle is under way, kicking off an ambitious development schedule aimed at achieving initial flight tests by the middle of 1999. The first elements of the Roton, an unpiloted, unmanned, re-useable single stage to orbit (SSTO) launch vehicle, are ...
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Military Aircraft Directory: British Aerospace
BRITISH AEROSPACE Manufacturer PWR Max TD WS FL Max Pay. Max Kts/Mach H Max OC C P Max WLE E Max CR PNR Harrier II ...
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Military Aircraft Directory: Embraer
EMBRAER Manufacturer PWR Max TD WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC Max Pay. C P Max WLE E EMB-110 ...
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Military Aircraft Directory: Boeing
BOEING Manufacturer PWR Max TD Max TR WS FL Max RF Max Kts/Mach H Max OC Max Pay. C P Max WLE E CR Max PNR ...
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Military Aircraft Directory: Antonov
ANTONOV Manufacturer PWR MTD WS FL Max Kts/Mach H Max OC Max Pay. C P E CR Max PNR An-32 Cline Tactical transport 3860kW ...
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Military Aircraft Directory: Alenia
ALENIA Manufacturer WS FL Max RF Max speed Kts/Mach Max OC Max Pay. C P G.222/C-27A Spartan Tactical transport 28.7 22.7 4,685 263kt 25,700 9,000 3 ...