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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

South Korea Develops World’s Fastest Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Tilt Rotor UAVSouth Korea on Wednesday unveiled its latest unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is the world’s fastest and also the world’s first remote-piloted aircraft capable of taking off and landing vertically.

The aircraft has “tilt rotors,” meaning its rotary wings tilt, giving it a helicopter-like capability to vertically take off and land when its wings are facing upward, and the speed and operation range of a jet when its wings are tilted forward, according to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.

The new UAV has been in development since 2002 under the leadership of the ministry and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, together with dozens of private businesses and research centers.

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