Liquid Hydrogen UAV

From the same company that brought you the Wasp MAV, Aerovironment announced yesterday that they have successfully completed the world's first liquid hydrogen powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight tests. From the press release: " AeroVironment's Global Observer High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) platform will be able to operate at 65,000 feet for over a week with a flexible payload-carrying capacity of up to 1,000 pounds." Applications include government and military surveillance operations, communication relays, and the potential for persistent real-time imagery of wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. More pictures here.

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Weapons of Mass Destruction?

[bigwavejas]

Something like this might have helped the US avoid falsely accusing Iraq of housing WAMD... Either that or maps.google.com

Re:Weapons of Mass Destruction?

[KaptNKrunchy]

Ha hahahahahahah..... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah... ya and G.W. might have given a rats fucking ass.

Re:Wrong Question

[q-the-impaler]

If you expect it to run for a week without rebooting it will have to run *nix.