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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

UAVs Moving Closer to Automated Air Refueling?

It looks like a NASA Global Hawk and the Northrop-Grumman/Scaled Composites Proteus tucked it in pretty close a few weeks ago, and did it at very high altitudes.  DARPA always has something interesting going on.  This is another great example.

http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=215774
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  1. AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    Refueling from one Global Hawk to another at first seems like a waste, but if the cost of all those sensors is compared to the cost of a tank of gas, it starts to make sense.

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