Friday, July 21, 2006
SKUNKED
The Lockheed Skunkworks (birthplace of the F-117 Stealth "Fighter" -- really a bomber, the SR-71, the U2 and who knows what else) has just unveiled its latest creation:
With a 90-foot wingspan and a tailless design, the "Polecat" UAV looks like a smaller version of the B-2 stealth bomber. And like the B-2, the drone has been built to be stealthy and sneaky. But the twin-engine Polecat is "90 percent composite materials, rather than metal," the L.A. Daily News notes. "The vehicle is also made from less than 200 parts," adds Aviation Week. "Adhesives are used rather than rivets, decreasing the amount of labor needed to construct it -- that approach also contributed to a lower radar cross section inherent in the design." Very, very cool.
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 7:15 PM
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