Lockheed-Martin MRE UAV

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Lockheed-Martin MRE (Multi-Role Endurance) UAV
Leaflet courtesy Ian Maddock

 

[flateric]

Probably pre-MPUAV configuration patent

 

[Triton]

Artist's impression of Lockheed Martin Multi-Role Endurance (MRE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) concept.

Source:http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2000/12/05/123348/lockheed-mre-studies-progress.html

 

[Triton]

Lockheed Martin video animation from 2001 showing its concept for a US Navy carrier-based Multi-Role Endurance (MRE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A5gg8FkyZ0

 

[quellish]

Lockheed-Martin MRE (Multi-Role Endurance) UAV
Leaflet courtesy Ian Maddock

A similar modular payload bay seems to be on the RQ-170.

 

[sublight]

Navy.... So is this Chalk Eagle or Retract Maple?

 

[Triton]

Artist's impression of Lockheed Martin Multi-Role Endurance (MRE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) concept.

Source: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qdt5ldhPcoM/R6R-Myk4Q9I/AAAAAAAAB3Q/Xjq8mJxS8X4/s1600-h/uav01.jpg

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

Something about the artwork Triton posted in Reply #2 vaguely reminds me of Lockheed's Persistor concept. Here's the post I made a couple of years ago about Persistor.

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,191.300.html

 

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US8079545B2 - System, method and apparatus for ground-based manipulation and control of aerial vehicle during non-flying operations - Google Patents

A device for controlling an aircraft during non-flying operations has a retractable tiller that extends with the nose landing gear of the aircraft. Ground crew use the control device to maneuver the aircraft for various ground-based operations. The tiller provides left and right directional...

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