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The X-61 stemmed from the DARPA Gremlins program to demonstrate a recoverable, low-cost UAV with digital flight controls and navigation systems. It is designed to be recovered in midair by a modified transport airplane following its mission. [1]
So, while investors could turn to pure-play semiconductor funds like the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ: SOXX), the Vanguard Information Technology ETF may be a better long-term investment. For ...
Technology stocks have been on a tear. The Nasdaq-100 index, which includes the top 100 stocks on the tech-heavy Nasdaq exchange, is up 55.13% in the past year. The tech sector is up 45.7% in the ...
First acceptance testing was completed in August 2006, then pre-operational testing consisted of 13 test flights using production targets from August 2006 - June 2007. The first BQM-167 air-to-air missile live-fire mission took place 7 February 2007. Initial Operational Capability was achieved in 2008. Each target cost US$570,000. [1]
AXS Esoterica NextG Economy ETF (WUGI): This ETF is more concentrated than the first two, with just 32 holdings and about 65 percent of the fund in the top 10 positions. It will cost more for its ...
The principal application is to elevate the role of human pilots to mission commanders, leaving AIs as "loyal wingmen" to operate under their tactical control as high-skill operators of relatively low-cost robotic craft. [3] [4] [5] Loyal wingmen can perform other missions as well, as "a sensor, as a shooter, as a weapons carrier, as a cost ...
Applied Aeronautics was founded by Ryan Johnston and Justin Martin with the goal of developing a UAV platform that would sit between the two extremes in the unmanned aircraft market: the low cost and high fragility of traditional hobbyist drones on one end, and the high cost of durable, professional drones on the other.
A XQ-58 Valkyrie deploys an Altius-600 unmanned aircraft system. The XQ-58 Valkyrie fell within the USAF Research Laboratory's Low Cost Attritable Aircraft Technology (LCAAT) portfolio, whose objectives included designing and building unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) faster, by developing better design tools and maturing and using commercial manufacturing processes to reduce production ...