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Saturday, October 20, 2007

NextGen's shape-changing UAV morphs in flight

NextGen Aeronautics has completed the first autonomous flights of a morphing unmanned air vehicle.

The MFX-2 technology demonstrator UAV is capable of independently varying wing area and sweep.

The tests are part of a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-sponsored demonstration of morphing technology for a hunter-killer UAV combining the loiter endurance of a surveillance platform with the high-speed dash capability of an attack aircraft.

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