Aurora’s Orion MALE UAV Aims For 120-hr. Flight

Long in gestation and in endurance, Aurora Flight Science’s Orion unmanned aircraft has made its first step towards demonstrating a 120-hr. flight at 20,000 ft. carrying a 1,000-lb. multi-sensor payload. That would allow the Orion to provide continuous surveillance carrying a Predator-class payload...

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