The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is quite an impressive piece of hardware. It can stay in the air for more than a day, has a range of 3,400 miles, and at very high altitude (its record is 19,928 meters (65,380.6 ft)).... ...full story at digg
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Nasa Unveiled The First Global Hawk Aircraft System [PIC] » digg ASA and the Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles have unveiled the first Global Hawk aircraft system to be used for environmental science research, heralding a new application for the world's first fully autonomous high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft.... |
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NASA Spends $25M On Unmanned Planes, Awards Aviation Prizes » slashdot An anonymous reader points out a NetworkWorld story about NASA's purchase of two unmanned aircraft for use in "observing remote locations of Earth not feasible or practical with piloted aircraft." The planes are Northrop Grumman Global Hawks, and NASA... |
| 15 Jun 08 |
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Not Just for the Military Anymore, A Look at DIY UAV's » digg The unmanned, aerial vehicle (UAV) has been used by the Military for years but now the technology underlying the sophisticated unmanned aircraft is now so easily available and inexpensive that one of Silicon Valley's most influential figures is... |
| 09 Sep 09 |
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Meet Global Hawk: The New Rolls-Royce of Spy Planes » digg Global Hawk is an unmanned aircraft that flies two miles higher than any commercial airliner. It's job is to supply data anywhere within enemy territory, day or night, regardless of the weather. It's replacing the granddaddy of spy planes, the U2, because... |
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MI5 to get unmanned 'manned unmanned' robo spyplanes? » the register (uk) Fleshy dominance strictly optional Counter Terror Expo In a confusing tech-pendulum backswing, it has now emerged that so-called "manned unmanned" spy aircraft are now able to operate without a crew. Yes, that's right: the unmanned manned unmanned robotic... |
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