Unsuitably Low, Slow
The Aurora Orion UAV design immediately raises some operational suitability issues: The single-piece wing requires that the Orion self-deploy. It has a very impressive 13,000-nm. ferry range, but can barely achieve 90 kt. Steady state winds aloft can range from 60 kt. at 10,000 ft. to 120 kt. at the...
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