GoldenEye-50 transitions to forward flight

Aurora Flight Sciences' GoldenEye-50 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made its first long-awaited in-flight transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back again during test flights in Manassas, Va., last week. GoldenEye-50, which first flew in July 2004, is a ducted-fan UAV that uses thrust...

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