Rapid Fire 2011-05-09: Mannable UAVs

Rapid Fire 2011-05-09: Mannable UAVs

* US intelligence pores over Al Qaeda materials retrieved from Osama Bin Laden’s compound. * RAF Tornado fighters destroy Libyan FROG-7 mobile rocket launchers and missiles as well as Scud missile containers south of Sirte. NATO release * Qadaffi’s regime...
Rapid Fire 2011-05-09: Mannable UAVs

Ride on the Ray: Boeing’s X-45 UCAVs

X-45C, F/A18F, F-15E(click to view full) In 1998, Boeing began a revolutionary development program: create an unmanned aircraft that was about the size of the USAF’s F-117 stealth fighter, with similar performance, better stealth, and better range. DARPA’s...