VTOL flying wings - is there a need for new low-altitude VTOL UAV concepts for military and commercial applications?
.Does the optimum VTOL UAV architecture already exist for urban, mountainous and maritime UAV operations or should there be further investment in the development of optimised VTOL UAV platforms, to specifically address these very low and low-altitude environment requirements?
See the VTOL Technologies article for more details.
| April 2009
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Unmanned Flying Wings Come of Age - The Next Generation of Vertical Take-Off and Landing UAV. VTOL Technologies announces further information on its unique VTOL UAV concept / architecture, including exciting performance details. See the VTOL Technologies press release for more details. |
| November 2008
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MoD Centre for Defence Enterprise announces first contract. See the MoD Codex article
for more details. MoD Science | Innovation | Technology website with further information: |
| 13th July 2007
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Selex announce successful trials of VTOL UAV
at the recent Parc Aberporth UAV
Event. See the Selex press release
for more details. Related news stories: |
| 10th August 2007
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Development of a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle is nearing completion, thanks in part to a non-contact digital torque sensor, TorqSense, which proved the only viable option for use on the test rig. read more |
