美国国防高级研究计划局(DARPA)于2023年2月1日选择了通用原子航空系统(GA-ASI)和极光飞行科学公司(Aurora Flight Sciences)两家公司来为Liberty Lifter计划的第一阶段设计翼地效应(Wing-In-Ground effect, WIG)飞行器概念。Liberty Lifter计划旨在设计、建造、漂浮和飞行低成本、创新且具有颠覆性的水上飞机。Liberty Li...
美国国防高级研究计划局(DARPA)于2023年2月1日选择了通用原子航空系统(GA-ASI)和极光飞行科学公司(Aurora Flight Sciences)两家公司来为Liberty Lifter计划的第一阶段设计翼地效应(Wing-In-Ground effect, WIG)飞行器概念。Liberty Lifter计划旨在设计、建造、漂浮和飞行低成本、创新且具有颠覆性的水上飞机。 Liberty ...
Aircraft DARPA's high-speed VTOL X-plane passes ground effect testing Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences is working on a high-speed VTOL military aircraft as part of DARPA's Speed & Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. Early ground effect testing has demonstrated its fan-in-wing...
“GA-ASI is committed to the advancement of a cargo seaplane design capable of delivering heavy cargo and utilizing Wing-in-Ground effect to revolutionize transport to support tomorrow’s warfighter,” said GA-ASI President David R. Alexander. “Our experience in maritime aircraft such as the MQ...
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The final major advantage of the TX would be that, since its robotic autopilot mode makes it capable of completely unmanned flight, it wouldn’t require extensive training to operate. Currently, every Marine aircraft is piloted by a trained pilot, as The Register notes. With the TX, passengers...
DARPA Director George Heilmeier – most famous for his “catechism” of questions he asked program managers to help determine the worthiness of the programs they proposed – scaled up major efforts in stealth aircraft, space-based lasers, space-based infrared technology, and artificial intelligence (...
associated Command, Control, and Communications; tactical armor and anti-armor programs; infrared sensing for space-based surveillance; high-energy laser technology for space-based missile defense; antisubmarine warfare; advanced cruise missiles; advanced aircraft; and defense applications of advanced ...
"We can carry well in excess of 1,000lb of payload. We've got a 20,000ft ceiling and that is limited by the Pratt engine. The aircraft is actually capable of 30,000ft and as customers would like to fly higher we may look into flying higher. We can believe we can get 170kt...
I have no good or definite answer for that. When I was younger I was really inspired by the Spanish aviation pioneerJuan de la Ciervawhose simple yet radical idea about aircraft – the ‘autogiro’ – paved the way for the adoption of helicopters. And yet, one might argue that, in many...