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Subject: UAV UCAV thread
jessmo_24    4/11/2011 5:11:07 PM
New design: joined wing UAV The AIAA has posted a remarkable Powerpoint briefing by Charles Harris, head of the research directorate at NASA's Langley Research Center. Not only does Harris reveal the first known image of Boeing's next-generation narrowbody (slide 7), which my colleague Jon Ostrower de-constructs on FlightBlogger. Harris also reveals an image (slide 6) I've never seen before of a US Navy concept for a very new kind of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It seems to combine elements of the old joined-wing SensorCraft idea with ... detachable UCAV's on each wing-tip? You be the judge. But definitely check out Harris' full brief on the future of aircraft structures. You'll be Googling boron nitride nanotubes all weekend. [navy thing]
 
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jessmo_24       4/11/2011 5:11:56 PM
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jessmo_24       4/11/2011 5:14:25 PM
Detachable drones on the wing tips!
 
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gf0012-aust       4/11/2011 6:39:06 PM

Detachable drones on the wing tips!


they're called "dismounts" - not new technology as first trialled 45 years ago
 
the closed loop wing is not new either
 
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