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 The X-47 Pegasus began as part of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air System program, a collaborative effort between DARPA, United States Air Force, and United States Navy. The original vehicle by Northrop Grumman carries the designation X-47A, while the follow-on naval version is designated X-47B. The X-47B Pegasus may be described as a demonstration unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) that is now part of the US Navy’s program to create carrier-based unmanned aircraft. (more…)  The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey is the world’s first production tiltrotor aircraft, with one three-bladed proprotor, turboprop engine, and transmission nacelle mounted on each wingtip. It is classified as a powered lift aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration. capable of both takeoff and landing vertically, the V-22 Osprey typically operates as a helicopter with the nacelles vertical and positioned rotors horizontal. It is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft. (more…)  Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works (Advanced Development Programs) developed the RQ-170 Sentinel as a stealth UAV used for reconnaissance. The RQ-170 Sentinel’s design bears some resemblance to Lockheed Martin’s previous stealth and UAV programs such as the RQ-3 DarkStar and P-175 Polecat. The tail-less flying wing aircraft houses pods on its upper sufferance, which apparently carry sensors or a satellite communications system. Few details of the RQ-170 Sentinel’s structural specifications have been disclosed (more…)  The United States Air Force (USAF) confirmed for the first time that it deploys a stealth aircraft seen in rare photographs and shrouded in secrecy. The RQ-170 Sentinel, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operated by the USAF and developed by Lockheed Martin, currently flies in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The USAF said the RQ-170 Sentinel came out of Lockheed Martin’s “Skunk Works,” also known as Advanced Development Programs, in California, where it developed other secret aerospace projects (more…)  The same company the runs Virgin Music, Virgin Mobile, and Virgin Atlantic Airways, now seeks to start a whole new kind of business. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group plans to start the worlds first space tourism airline, Virgin Galactic. The business tycoon has already invested in a fleet consisting of two types of spaceships and accessory aircraft to provide suborbital spaceflights. (more…)  En route on the mach 4.7 supersonic jet, I flipped open my iTV , which connected me to the most advanced space network, spacecast. The usual news was being broadcast; “NASCOM, the space people have started mining a new mineral on the moon which is almost identical to Uranium; the Americans have come out with yet another version of the unmanned X-67 which maneuvers itself at mach 25 (more…)  On 6 March 1990, the United States Air Force’s (USAF) Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spyplanes broke the official air speed record from Los Angeles to Washington’s Dulles Airport. Upon landing, a ceremony marked the end of the SR-71′s career. Officially, the SR-71 retired to save $200-$300 million a year that it cost to operate. Reporters were told that the SR-71 had been rendered obsolete by the advent of more sophisticated spy satellites. But there was (more…) |
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