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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLockheed Martin Has An Impressive New Drone Concept
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-navys-uclass-drone-lockheed-martin-skunkworks-video-2013-4Already obsessed with drones, the U.S. military is looking for new ones to fill a vital role.
America needs drones to guard its aging fleet in foreign waters, extend a ship's strike distance using standard aircraft carrier ordnance, and do all of it based from the carrier itself. That will allow flight deck operations 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week with no pilots at risk, and no huge jets to re-fuel.
It's a tall order that demands an array of technology that just barely exists and is scattered among various vehicles. Some drones are great at surveillance, some at blowing stuff up, and some at water-based landings, but one that will do all three is yet just a dream.
When the military wants its dreams made real it often goes to the place with a history of doing just that, Lockheed Martin's Skunkworks. The California-plant has been knocking out super-advanced military tech for decades, and it is one of four facilities in the race to produce this new drone.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-navys-uclass-drone-lockheed-martin-skunkworks-video-2013-4#ixzz2Q4AGsIz7
***let me fix the title: lockheed martin has a new way to collect lots of tax payer dollars.
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Lockheed Martin Has An Impressive New Drone Concept (Original Post)
xchrom
Apr 2013
OP
The future of air warfare probably belongs to whichever side can get more advanced UAVs airborne
TimberValley
Apr 2013
#2
n2doc
(47,953 posts)1. Mo Money! Mo Money! Mo Money!
They know that the higher the per piece price, the bigger the profit!
TimberValley
(318 posts)2. The future of air warfare probably belongs to whichever side can get more advanced UAVs airborne
As many have mentioned, drones can potentially withstand far more centrifugal force than human pilots can.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)3. And then there are these things...
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)4. Title fix noted.
Just think of the poor arms merchants, in these days of austerity...why, they can barely keep up with supplying all the
war and strife needs.