I am doing some research about a possible missile/drone sighting in the 1980's, in Muddus national park in the north of Sweden.
The witnesses say they saw a cigar shaped object with fins or tubes at the end of it.
It flew approximately 100 meters over them.
Then it flew about 600 meters out...
LOL. Looks like this company didn't shy away from getting a bit creative with the naming scheme, because of course a drone that proudly displays a "SEXBOMB" livery traveling at hypersonic speeds while the surface temperature of its skin raises sounds sexy :D...
The Aero L-39 Albatros light attack variant, L-39-ZA, needs a modification so that it can intercept and shoot down swarms of low-cost drones, like the Shahed-136, which flies at 185 km/h, aiming most carefully by flying at the same speed as the drones while firing its 23mm cannon, which it can...
AQUILINE was a CIA project to develop a low-flying surveillance RPV in the late 60s/early 70s.
From "Air Force UAVs The Secret History":
"The CIA developed a few UAVs through the Directorate of Science and Technology’s Office of Development and Engineering rather than through the NRO. The...
1970s
1980s
anti-radar
boeing
dornier
drone
e-syatems
germany
mbb
northrop
rpv
teledyne brown engineering
teledyne ryan
united states air force
vfw-fokker
In 1975, the U.S. Air Force was trying to determine what the capabilities of the next generation of drones should be and how such a vehicle — designed specifically for the task — would accomplish these objectives. While the Air Force's then current inventory of remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs)...
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