April 20, 2007
Meet the reaper
Very high tech — the Air Force just announced the largest Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle (UAV) ever — The Reaper.
To give you a sense of scale, here are some of the specs compared to the current big boy, the Predator:
A 900 hp turbo-prop engine, compared to the 119 hp Predator MQ-1 engine, powers the aircraft. It has a 64-foot wingspan and carries more than 15 times the ordnance of the Predator, flying almost three times the Predator's cruise speed.
That thing can open a serious can of whoop-ass — glad these people are on our side…
Posted by DaveH at April 20, 2007 08:20 PM | TrackBackComments
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