Manufacturer Plans To Modify NASA UAVs for Up to 150-Hr. Flights
Credit: NASA
Northrop Grumman plans to demonstrate aerial refueling between Global Hawks as part of a project to extend the high-altitude UAV’s endurance to as much as 150 hr. Under a project called KQ-X—K for tanker, Q for unmanned aircraft, X for experimental—NASA’s two recently acquired pre-production RQ-4...
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