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Operations => Aviation & Flying Activities => Topic started by: ProdigalJim on December 06, 2013, 03:37:31 PM

Title: Aviation Week Exclusive: Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances
Post by: ProdigalJim on December 06, 2013, 03:37:31 PM
We broke this news this morning:

(http://www.aviationweek.com/media/images/fullsize/Defense/UAVs/RQ-180_AWST.jpg)

Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_12_06_2013_p0-643783.xml (http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_12_06_2013_p0-643783.xml)

Where Does RQ-180 Fit In Stealthy UAS History?
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_12_06_2013_p0-643786.xml (http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_12_06_2013_p0-643786.xml)

Love this stuff...
Title: Re: Aviation Week Exclusive: Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances
Post by: Panache on December 06, 2013, 03:59:07 PM
I want Amazon to deliver packages with this.
Title: Re: Aviation Week Exclusive: Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances
Post by: Flying Pig on December 06, 2013, 04:35:12 PM
Secret......  and you can read about it here!  Love it.
Title: Re: Aviation Week Exclusive: Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances
Post by: NIN on December 06, 2013, 04:48:17 PM
They don't call it "Aviation Leak and Spy Technology" for nothing, you know.. :)
Title: Re: Aviation Week Exclusive: Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances
Post by: sardak on December 06, 2013, 05:08:04 PM
Yea, so much for the days of "... and Space Mythology."

Mik
Title: Re: Aviation Week Exclusive: Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances
Post by: Eclipse on December 06, 2013, 05:17:09 PM
Was this why we didn't seem all that concerned about the one Iran recovered?

The equivalent of finding an iPhone 3 in a bar when you already have the iPhone 5 in secret production?

And while we're on that subject, did Kerry ask for our toy back when they had the big Nuke meeting,
or did he pull a Leno and say "Meh, keep it, we'll make more..."?
Title: Re: Aviation Week Exclusive: Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances
Post by: NIN on December 06, 2013, 05:50:05 PM
Quote from: Eclipse on December 06, 2013, 05:17:09 PM
And while we're on that subject, did Kerry ask for our toy back when they had the big Nuke meeting,
or did he pull a Leno and say "Meh, keep it, we'll make more..."?

Kerry: "something.. something.. Amazon Prime Air"
Title: Re: Aviation Week Exclusive: Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances
Post by: a2capt on December 06, 2013, 08:38:17 PM
Quote from: Eclipse on December 06, 2013, 05:17:09 PMAnd while we're on that subject, did Kerry ask for our toy back when they had the big Nuke meeting ...
It matters not, for once about 24 hours passed, they had already disassembled it anyway.

Besides, this coming from a country who's "new killer technology" is essentially kiddie ride constructed fighter jet with western world non-TSO'ed, GA consumer grade avionics?

Come on, the Tamil Tigers pulled off more, with in someways, less.

Smuggled in ZLIN 143s, piece by piece, a couple Skymasters, some Micro-lites from down under, and R44,  a couple UAV's..