Friday, April 10, 2009
Jet-Powered Predator C Makes First Flight And Gains Funding Support
From Flight Global:
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems flew its jet-powered Predator C unmanned aircraft system for the first time in early April, chief executive Thomas Cassidy has told Flight International.
The next-generation surveillance and attack UAS completed the first flight with "absolutely no problems", Cassidy says. "It was ready to go again right after it landed."
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My Comment: I can only imagine what Predator D, E, F, and finally Z will end up looking.
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Now we start the military industrial complex dance. More whistles and bells bigger and better, more complexity. And most important of all MORE COSTLY!
The WORLD HAS CHANGED! We can't afford vastly ovepriced war machines any longer. Economically that will soon become apparent. The present Predator works well and is affordable. Now tell me again why it needs a jet engine.
I'm an X-Jar Head "line them up and shoot all the bastards" kind of guy. But even I can see the end coming for our post WWII way of doing things.
That picture is not of the Predator C. The UAV in the picture is powered by a turboprop and not directly jet powered. The Predator C has no prop. The Predator C also has canted vertical stabilizers that point ABOVE the fuselage. The Predator C has many advances in stealth technology which make it an ideal platform for observation, ground attack, and aerial combat. The current Predator versions are not as effective as the Predator C in these roles.
I know that it is not the Predator C. It is the MQ-1C Sky Warrior.
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