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Undertoad · 07-09-2003, 06:11 PM

As seen here:

Apparently DARPA asked custom aircraft company Aurora for an unmanned aerial vehicle that was quiet, small, could fly for several hours on autopilot, and could deliver two cylinders the size of Coke cans to a distant location. This will be tested soon: it's called "GoldenEye".

It takes off vertically, uses computers to right itself, then flies at 160 knots for up to 4 hours. It navigates to any location by itself. From 150 meters it's as quiet as a conversation.

What DARPA has in mind to do with it is left as an exercise to the vivid imagination.

(via Rantburg)

07-09-2003, 06:11 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/9/2003: GoldenEye, a remarkable aircraft As seen here: Apparently DARPA asked custom aircraft company Aurora for an unmanned aerial vehicle that was quiet, small, could fly for several hours on autopilot, and could deliver two cylinders the size of Coke cans to a distant location. This will be tested soon: it's called "GoldenEye". It takes off vertically, uses computers to right itself, then flies at 160 knots for up to 4 hours. It navigates to any location by itself. From 150 meters it's as quiet as a conversation. What DARPA has in mind to do with it is left as an exercise to the vivid imagination. (via Rantburg)