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  Transformer - Coming to a Theater Near You?

  Posted by Graham Warwick 6:55 PM on Oct 24, 2011

  "Flying Humvees" being designed by AAI and Lockheed Martin have made it through to the second phase of DARPA's Transformer (TX) program - but the sheer scale of the challenges in p... Read More >>

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  Turning UAV-to-UAV Refueling on its Head

  Posted by Graham Warwick 12:11 PM on Mar 10, 2011

  Northrop Grumman has turned the concept of aerial refueling completely on its head for the KQ-X UAV-to-UAV autonomous high-altitude aerial refueling demonstration.In time-tested ai... Read More >>

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  Boeing Reveals SolarEagle Details

  Posted by Graham Warwick 8:10 PM on Oct 30, 2010

  Boeing has provided a more revealing artist's concept of the SolarEagle ultra-endurance unmanned aircraft it is to build under DARPA's Vulture II program.Concept: BoeingThe solar-p... Read More >>

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  High-Speed VTOL Goes for a Spin

  Posted by Graham Warwick 2:01 PM on Oct 22, 2010

  Boeing has concluded that a disc-rotor vertical take-off and landing aircraft is "feasible, but not easy". The company is studying a high-speed combat search-and-rescue concept und... Read More >>

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  DARPA's Transformer - a Humvee That Flies

  Posted by Graham Warwick 5:36 PM on Apr 16, 2010

  DARPA's plan to develop a flying car - no, far more challenging, a Humvee that can take off and land vertically - has taken a step forward with release of a solicitation ... Read More >>

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  MIT Team Wins DARPA's Balloon Race

  Posted by Graham Warwick 10:07 PM on Dec 06, 2009

  If you lose your cat, or can't remember where you parked the car, call MIT. Those folks can find anything. Anywhere. Fast. The MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team was first to find... Read More >>

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