UAVs and drones

The Advanced Soaring Concepts Apex was a remotely-piloted sailplane designed to take part in a NASA study of high-altitude aerodynamics. It was planned to lift the aircraft to around 100,000 ft (30,487 m) by balloon and release it there. Rockets would assist the aircraft to transition to horizontal flight. The Apex's wing was designed by Dr Mark Drela of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and mounted a "wake rake" containing sensors to measure drag behind the wing. ...more on Wikipedia about "Advanced Soaring Concepts Apex"

Aladin ( German: Abbildende Luftgestützte Aufklärungsdrohne im Nächstbereich, imaging, airborne reconaissance drone for close-up range) is a small, simple and cheap reconaissance unmanned aerial vehicle of the Bundeswehr ( German Army). ...more on Wikipedia about "Aladin (UAV)"

The AQM-37 Jayhawk (originally designated the Beech KD2B) is an air launched supersonic target drone manufactured by Raytheon capable of simulating inbound ICBM warhead packages for fleet shoot-down exercises. ...more on Wikipedia about "AQM-37 Jayhawk"

The Bell Eagle Eye is a tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle which will enter service in the U.S. Coast Guard as part of Project Deepwater. It may also enter service with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bell Eagle Eye"

The Boeing X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) is a concept demonstrator for a next generation of completely autonomous fighter aircraft, developed by Boeing's Phantom Works (a Skunk Works-like division acquired through McDonnell Douglas). ...more on Wikipedia about "Boeing X-45"

The Northrop BQM-74 Chukar aerial target drone is a recoverable, remote controlled, subsonic aerial target, capable of speeds up to Mach 0.86 and altitudes from 30 to 40,000 ft (10 to 12,000 m). ...more on Wikipedia about "BQM-74 Chukar"

The ChangKong-1 (CK-1) is a radio-controlled target drone developed by the Nanjing Institute of Aeronautics in the People's Republic of China. It is based on the reverse engineering of Lavochkin La-17C drones supplied to the PRC by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s before all such Soviet technical aid to the nation was withdrawn. Its chief designer was General Zhao Xu and the first example flew on December 6 1966. A key difference from its predecessor is the use of a turbojet in place of a ramjet engine. ...more on Wikipedia about "ChangKong-1"

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The CL-227 Sentinel is a remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made by Canadair ...more on Wikipedia about "CL-227 Sentinel"

The Corax, also known as Raven, is a prototype UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) for the British Armed Forces being developed by BAE Systems. Its first test flight was in 2004 after a ten month development cycle. It was first unveiled to the public in Mid January 2006. ...more on Wikipedia about "Corax (aircraft)"

The Dassault Neuron - sometimes written as nEUROn - is a French delta attack UCAV unmanned attack aircraft demonstrator currently under development by Dassault Aviation in collaboration with Swedish SAAB (claim 25% of development), Greece (HAI), Italy ( ALENIA), Spain ( EADS-CASA) and Switzerland (RUAG). A single demonstration system is being produced to explore new operational concepts linked to the use of UCAVs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dassault Neuron"

The DC-130 is a variant of C-130 Hercules, designed for drone control. It can carry four Firefly drones underneath its wings. ...more on Wikipedia about "DC-130"

The Bateleur (named for an African eagle) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) prototype designed and built by Denel Aerospace Systems (formerly Kentron). It has been designed as a MALE (Medium-Altitude - Long Endurance) UAV, with its primary role being surveillance, with a secondary SIGINT capability. ...more on Wikipedia about "Denel Aerospace Systems Bateleur"

The Dragon Eye Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is a 2.3 kg reconnaissance UAV developed by the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory for use by the U.S. Marine Corps. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragon Eye"

The Fire Scout is an unmanned, robotic helicopter under development in Rancho Bernardo, California for use by the United States armed forces. Northrop Grumman is developing the Fire Scout to provide the US Navy and Marine Corps with reconnaissance, situational awareness and precision targeting support. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fire Scout" Please visit again http://www.shortopedia.com

(GNAT-750) The General Atomics reconnaissance GNAT 750 is a UAV that can fly for 48 hours and reach altitudes of 8,000 meters (26,250 feet). ...more on Wikipedia about "GNAT-750"

The Fairchild SM-73 Goose (originally Bull Goose) was a U.S. prototype decoy missile intended to mimic the radar return of a heavy bomber such as the Convair B-36, B-47 Stratojet, or B-52 Stratofortress. The first example flew in 1957, but the program was cancelled the following year. ...more on Wikipedia about "Goose (missile)"

A High Altitude Platform Station or HAPS is an unmanned aerial verhicle ( UAV) which is to remain relatively stationary at high altitude. ...more on Wikipedia about "HAPS"

Helios Prototype is the name of a solar- and fuel cell system-powered uninhabited aerial vehicle that NASA tested. AeroVironment, Inc. developed the vehicle under NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology program. In August, 2001, it set an unofficial world record for sustained altitude by a winged aircraft. It sustained flight at above 96,000 feet (29,250 m) for forty minutes, and at one time it flew as high as 96,863 feet (29,524 m). Later, in June 2003, the prototype fell into the Pacific Ocean about ten miles (20 km) west of the Hawaiian Island Kauai. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helios Prototype"

This is part of a larger article, on A History of UAV's. ...more on Wikipedia about "History UAVs Decoys"

The IAI Harpy is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) produced by Israel's Israel Aircraft Industries. The Harpy is designed to attack radar systems. The IAI has sold the Harpy to several foreign nations, including Turkey, India and China. ...more on Wikipedia about "IAI Harpy"

The Heron is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle developed by the Malat division of Israel Aircraft Industries. It is capable of Medium (35,000 feet) Altitute, Long Range (MALE) operations of up to 52 hours' duration. It has demonstrated 52 hours of continuous flight, but the effective operational maximal flight duration is less, due to payload and flight profile. ...more on Wikipedia about "IAI Heron"

Insect flight, In the past several million years, flying insects have evolved with amazing flight characteristics and abilities. In many ways, they are still far superior to anything mankind has created. Even our understanding of the aerodynamics of flexible, flapping wings and how insects fly is imperfect. The most obvious application of this research is the engineering of low Reynolds number, extremely small Micro Air Vehicles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Insect flight"

The Aerosonde is a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to fly over oceans in order to collect weather data, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, and wind measurements. The Aerosonde is powered by a modified Enya R120 model aircraft engine, and carries onboard a small computer, meteorological instruments, and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for navigation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Insitu Aerosonde"

KZO (Kleinflugzeug für Zielortung, German for small aircraft for target acquisition) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufactured by Rheinmetall Defence Electronics of Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "KZO"

The Lockheed D-21 was a Mach 3+ reconnaissance drone that began development in October 1962. Originally known by the Lockheed designation Q-12, it was intended to be launched off the back of the Lockheed A-12 for extra-long range flights and/or missions that were too dangerous for a manned vehicle. With a single Hycon high-resolution photographic camera, it was designed to fly over a pre-programmed location, and then drop the hatch containing the camera into the ocean, where it could be retrieved. The D-21 itself would then self-destruct. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lockheed D-21" Things go better with http://www.shortopedia.com.

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