Wednesday, November 11, 2009

UK Calls For A Transforming, Laser-Toting Stealth UAV

Starscream Gets An Etonian Makeover courtesy of the UK Ministry of Defense

From Popular Science:

In February, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) in Great Britain unveiled its plans for modernizing its military. Curiously similar to the US Army's recently killed Future Combat System, the British program looks to bring a new generation of unmanned vehicles, advanced sensors and energy weapons to the battlefield.

However, unlike its American counterpart, it looks like this project is a go.

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My Comment: I commented on this UK procurement proposition before .... this is not going to fly for the simple reason that the UK does not have the funds to develop this program in order to make it viable for manufacturing .... hell .... they do not even have the funds to manufacture such a product line.

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