Flight Paves Way For Global Hawk Autonomous Aerial Refueling

Autonomous refueling of one high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft has taken a step forward with a close-proximity flight by a NASA-owned Global Hawk and an aircraft simulating another Global Hawk acting as a tanker. At 45,000 ft. Scaled Composites’ manned Proteus, simulating the tanker...

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