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2006-10-29 Science & Technology

U2 maybe turned into a UAV pilotless aircraft

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Posted by 3dc 2006-10-29 18:29|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I don't think a conventional plane conversion to UAV will ever be satisfactory, because the plane is designed around having a pilot. However, once we are beyond the "design gap", and have mastered the concept of high performance UAVs, we will be a lot happier with the outcome.

Ironically, this also means that the U2-altitude aircraft will be joined by an orbital spacecraft, that can act both as the UAV master control and transceiver.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-10-29 19:20|| 2006-10-29 19:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, but a radio controlled SR-71 - now that would be cool!

Posted by DMFD 2006-10-29 20:25|| 2006-10-29 20:25|| Front Page Top

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