Mini-Motors To Drive Small UAVs, Missiles
About a month ago, Raytheon's NetFires, a loitering, missile-like unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), made its first flight from NASA's Wallops Island test range powered by a small, 30-lb. thrust-turbojet. The engine, Hamilton Sundstrand's TJ-30, at 12 in. high and 18 in. long, can drive a miniature...
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