Long-endurance aerial killer passes test.

• Author: Williams, Robert H.
• Position: TECH TALK - Brief Article

A 500-pound inert weapon has been dropped successfully from a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The test was conducted by Northrop Grumman Corporation, working in conjunction with Scaled Composites.

The exercise in part supported a Defense Department requirement for adding weapons to a UAV of this class. The company said this aircraft will be able to both gather intelligence and deliver weapons.

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