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Orion-2 Helios (export version) at MAKS-2021 airshow, Moscow. Main article: Kronshtadt Helios-RLD Helios-RLD is a larger version of the original Orion, with a bigger payload, classified as a high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) UAV, It weighs 5 tonnes (11,000 pounds) with a wingspan of 30 meters (98.42 feet). [ 19 ]
Work on the Orion began in 2006, when the U.S. Army funded it as a hydrogen-fuelled “high-altitude, long-loiter” (HALL) UAV. Originally, it was conceived as a single-engine, hydrogen-fueled, high-altitude unmanned aircraft intended to carry a 400 lb (180 kg) payload to 65,000 ft (20,000 m) having a 7,000 lb (3,200 kg) gross weight; similar aircraft included the AeroVironment Global ...
Sirius is equipped with two turboprop engines. "Sirius" is a development of light Orion drones. [6]Sirius will be able to carry KAB-100, FAB-100 high-explosive aerial bombs, RBK-500U free-fall bombs, and ODAB-500PMV volumetric detonating aerial bomb.
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream By RYAN GORMAN Watch live as NASA"s unmanned Orion spacecraft re-enters Earth's atmosphere. The test flight orbited Earth twice as NASA tests systems on a ...
An unmanned Orion craft went 270,000 miles beyond the moon as part of Artemis I, further from Earth than any craft previously designed for human flight, according to information from NASA.
After the cancellation of the EP-X Program, the U.S. Navy has planned to replace the EP-3E Aries II with the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft and the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. All P-3 Orion aircraft assigned to special projects squadrons (VPU) and all EP-3E Aries II aircraft are expected to fully retire by 2025. [11]
A second radio link allows the UAV to transmit still or video imagery from its camera to GCS or to other users. Orlan may use 3, 4, and 8 GHz for transmissions. Orlan UAVs and other Russian military drones uses the country's GLONASS constellation for navigation. The satellites transmitt on a range of frequencies from 1.201 – 1.605 GHz.
Programme to replace the AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft with a crewed MPA/UAV mix. AIR 7000, Phase 1B: Purchase of 7 high altitude, long endurance maritime surveillance UAV. The MQ-4C Global Hawk was originally selected for the role, but the decision has been delayed until after the crewed portion is introduced.