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Old 12th Jun 2006, 09:40
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wrongthong
 
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Sounds like a good first job for the ultra-expert DOTARS airspace authority, Huh...not. That and cleaning up Dick's NAS and ADS-B messes!
Seriously though, someone's gonna have to do some thinking soon...
From Aerospace daily:
"Australian planners have some rough notions of what a [military][sic]UAV will need to support an AESA-type radar. It includes a payload of at least 3,000 pounds, carried internally; greatly increased electrical power generation and a minimum of 200 kt. airspeed".

Hope they're fitted with ADS-B squitters and/or Mode A/Cs and they're turned 'ON', plus can sense-and-avoid the rest of us

This one'd give Ma and Pa Cessna a fright: The Mariner - Powered by the same Honeywell TPE 331-10T as the Predator B, the Mariner has a top speed of 220 knots, a ceiling of 52,000 feet, an internal payload capacity of 300 pounds, and an external capacity of 3,000 pounds.

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