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Northrop Grumman SABR active-array radar for F-16 Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 441 seconds Northrop grumman marketing video for the Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR), an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar under development for retrofit into F-16s and offered for installation on other aircraft. Related: aesa, aviation, f-16, fighter, radar |
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Aeroscraft hybird airship for DARPA Walrus Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 122 seconds Aeros video animation showing the design it developed under DARPA's Walrus programme for an ultra-large cargo-carrying hybrid airship - combining bouyant lift, aerodynamic lift and powered lift to take-off and land vertically without ground infrastructure. The Walrus programme was cancelled before anything was built, but Aeros continues to develop the Aeroscraft Related: air, airship, darpa, lighter, than, transport |
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Piasecki X-49A Speedhawk flight tests Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 144 seconds Piasecki video of the X-49A "Speedhawk" - a Sikorsky YSH-60F modified with wing and vectored-thrust ducted propeller for propulsion and control Related: flight, helicopter, test, x-plane |
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Stanford autonomous helicopter airshow Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 97 seconds Stanford University video of a small robotic helicopter flying a complex airshow routine autonomously, using a technique called "apprenticeship learning" in which the flight-control software learns the ideal trajectory for an aerobatic maneuver by "watching" an expert radio-control pilot fly the routine several times. Related: aviation, helicopter, software, unmanned |
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LISA Akoya ultralight amphibian Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 359 seconds A video by France's LISA Airplanes showcasing its Akoya two-seat ultralight amphibian, which is planned for first deliveries in lkate 2009 (www.lisa-airplanes. com) Related: aviation, ultralight, yachting |
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Cessna Citation Columbus launch video Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 281 seconds This is Cessna's video to launch the Citation Columbus large-cabin business - the biggest Cessna yet - which will fly in 2011. It's almost 5min long, and a bit talky, but there's some nice CGI work. Related: aircraft, business, cessna, citation, jet |
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DARPA Falcon hypersonic X-plane - part 1 Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 90 seconds DARPA computer-animated video of Lockheed Martin Skunk Work's Falcon HTV-3X hypersonic test vehicle Related: darpa, hypersonic, skunk, works, x-plane |
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Nasa Lockheed Martin X-33 spaceplane Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 179 seconds Lockheed Martin's X-33 was to be a sub-scale suborbital technology demonstrator for a singe-stage-to-orbit resuable spaceplane to be called Venturestar. NASA cancelled the X-33 in 2001 before the demonstrator was complete. Related: lockheed, nasa, spaceplane, x-plane |
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DARPA Falcon hypersonic X-plane - part 2 Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 88 seconds DARPA computer-animated video of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works' Falcon HTV-3X hyersponic test vehicle Related: darpa, hypersonic, skunk, works, x-plane |
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Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat aircraft Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 112 seconds Northrop Grumman video animation of X-47B, winner of the US Navy UCAS-D unmanned combat air system demonstrator contract Related: aircraft, grumman, northrop, uav, x-47b |
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CarterCopter flight test - and crash Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 133 seconds This is a video that ends with a bang. Produced in 2003, it shows flight tests of the CarterCopter high-speed autogyro, which has crashed 8 times in 5 years - and no-one has been hurt! Check out the website - www.cartercopters.co m - for the full story... Related: autogyro, cartercopter, crash, helicopter |
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Raytheon bunker-busting tandem warhead test Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 33 seconds Raytheon video showing the test of a bumber-busting weapon concept using a tandem warhead. In the test, the precursor warhead - a massive shaped charge - is exploded to punch through 20ft of extremely hard high-pressure concrete. The warhead succeeded in penetrating to 19.5ft... Related: bomb, bunker, buster, missile, warhead |
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Lockheed Martin F-35B STOVL JSF first flight Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 245 seconds Lockheed Martin video of the first flight of the F-35B short take-off and vertical landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter from the company's Fort Worth, Texas plant on June 11, 2008. Pilot is Graham Tomlinson of BAE Systems Related: aircraft, aviation, f-35, jsf, space |
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Northrop Grumman RQ-4N BAMS UAV Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 334 seconds Northrop Grumman promotional video for the RQ-4N Global Hawk, which has won the US Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance competition for an UAV to operate alongside it's Boieng P-8A Poseidon martime patrol aircraft Related: aviation, global, grumman, hawk, navy, northrop, space, uav, us |
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Killer Bee flying-wing unmanned combat aircraft Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 153 seconds Swift Engineering is developing the Killer Bee blended wing-body unmanned air vehicle and produced this video animation of the cool-looking UAV on an armed anti-IED mission. Swift also designs and builds racing cars. Related: aircraft, aviation, ied, uav, unmanned |
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Garrow Aircraft's Verticopter VTOL concept Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 197 seconds Californian design frim Garrow Aircraft has taken the wraps off its Verticopter concept for a short/vertical take-off and landing aircraft that has a tilting coaxial propeller on the centre of gravity. For more details visit www.verticopter.com. Garrow has so far flown a small radio-control model. Related: aircraft, aviation, stovl, tiltprop, vtol |
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Boeing Bird of Prey Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 99 seconds The McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) Phantom Works built the Bird of Prey to demonstrate stealth technology. The single aircraft flew 40 times between 1996 and 1999 and is now in the USAF museum in Dayton, Ohio Related: aircraft, boeing, stealth |
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Lockheed Various unmanned aircraft Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 43 seconds Computer animation of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works' VARIOUS fan-in-wing VTOL UAV. Related: lockheed, skunk, uav, vtol, works |
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Boeing A160 unmanned helicopter Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 48 seconds Flight testing of Boeing A160T Humingbird unmanned rotorcraft in Victorville, California Related: boeing, helicopter, uav |
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UK Royal Navy's CVF future aircraft carrier Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 146 seconds Thales-produced animation of the UK Royal Navy's new CVF aircraft carriers, to be called HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. They are to be built by BAE Systems and VT Group and launched in 2014 and 2016. They will carry the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Merlin helicopter. Related: aircraft, carrier, jsf, navy, ships |
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Baldwin Mono Tiltrotor RC model tests Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 265 seconds Edited video of model radio-control helicopter tests to demonstrate the key features of Baldwin Technologies Mono Tiltrotor concept - aerodynamically deployed wing, pitch axis suspended load and a coaxial, tilting rotor. Includes video of the March 2008 first flights of the larger MTR functional demonstrator. Related: aviation, control, helicopter, radio, space |
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Japan's quiet supersonic demonstrator Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 361 seconds Video by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) showing its planned Silent Supersonic Technology Demonstration (S3TD - also known as S-Cubed). The 13.3m-long, 4,000kg unmanned demonstrator is planed to fly in 2012-13, taking off from a runway, accelerating to beyond Mach 1.4 to measure sonic boom, then returning to a runway landing. Related: aircraft, japan, jaxa, s-cubed, s3td, supersonic |
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Virgin Galactic White Knight 2 rollout Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 105 seconds Virgin Galatic video of the roll-out of the prototype White Knight 2 carrier aircraft at Scaled Composites on July XX, 2008. WK2 will launch the SpaceShip 2 suborbital tourism vehicle. Related: rutan, spaceship, virgin |
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Bell/Urban X-Hawk VTOL aircraft Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 118 seconds Bell Helicopter's XworX produced this video of a proposed military version of the X-Hawk "Fancraft" ducted-fan VTOL aircraft being developed by Israel company Urban Aeronautics. Related: aviation, bell, helicopter, vtol |
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Lockheed Martin MRE unmanned aircraft Posted by: theworacle
Video duration: 205 seconds Lockheed Martin video animation from 2001 showing its concept for a US Navy carrier-based Multi-Role Endurance (MRE) umanned aircraft. Related: aircraft, lockheed, uav |
