Aurora’s Orion UAV On Track For 120-Hr. Endurance Demo

With a design goal of staying aloft for five days, the U.S. Air Force’s Orion medium-altitude, ultra-long-endurance unmanned aircraft demonstrator has completed its second phase of flight tests. Developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and first flown in August 2013, the twin-engined Orion has so far...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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