Cargo Drone In The Works
03-12-2007, 10:34 AM
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Cargo Drone In The Works
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Israeli Aerospace Industries is working on an airliner-sized unmanned aerial vehicle capable of carrying 60,000 pounds of freight. And the only reason it’s focusing on a cargo plane is that the flying public won’t accept a pilotless passenger plane. Shlomo Tsach, IAI’s director of flight sciences, told the Jerusalem Post the technology already exists to fly passengers without pilots but "the world is not yet ready to be flown without a pilot at the stick.” However, he said, a study by Boeing suggests there’s no such resistance to sending packages without direct human intervention, so the idea of a pilotless cargo plane is gaining some traction. At the opposite end of the spectrum, IAI is also working on a nine-pound solar-powered UAV. The Sun Sailor carries a digital camera as its payload and can remain airborne indefinitely using (and presumably storing) solar energy. The Israeli company is also developing a 10-seat commuter aircraft powered by fuel cells. "Our job is to foresee future technology, what we will need and what to invest in,” Arnold Nathan, director of research and development at IAI's Engineering Division, told the Post. IAI is currently involved in 85 aviation research projects under a 10-year contract with the European Union
Israeli Aerospace Industries is working on an airliner-sized unmanned aerial vehicle capable of carrying 60,000 pounds of freight. And the only reason it’s focusing on a cargo plane is that the flying public won’t accept a pilotless passenger plane. Shlomo Tsach, IAI’s director of flight sciences, told the Jerusalem Post the technology already exists to fly passengers without pilots but "the world is not yet ready to be flown without a pilot at the stick.” However, he said, a study by Boeing suggests there’s no such resistance to sending packages without direct human intervention, so the idea of a pilotless cargo plane is gaining some traction. At the opposite end of the spectrum, IAI is also working on a nine-pound solar-powered UAV. The Sun Sailor carries a digital camera as its payload and can remain airborne indefinitely using (and presumably storing) solar energy. The Israeli company is also developing a 10-seat commuter aircraft powered by fuel cells. "Our job is to foresee future technology, what we will need and what to invest in,” Arnold Nathan, director of research and development at IAI's Engineering Division, told the Post. IAI is currently involved in 85 aviation research projects under a 10-year contract with the European Union
03-12-2007, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Canyonman
Another item for the next contract
Israeli Aerospace Industries is working on an airliner-sized unmanned aerial vehicle capable of carrying 60,000 pounds of freight. And the only reason it’s focusing on a cargo plane is that the flying public won’t accept a pilotless passenger plane. Shlomo Tsach, IAI’s director of flight sciences, told the Jerusalem Post the technology already exists to fly passengers without pilots but "the world is not yet ready to be flown without a pilot at the stick.” However, he said, a study by Boeing suggests there’s no such resistance to sending packages without direct human intervention, so the idea of a pilotless cargo plane is gaining some traction. At the opposite end of the spectrum, IAI is also working on a nine-pound solar-powered UAV. The Sun Sailor carries a digital camera as its payload and can remain airborne indefinitely using (and presumably storing) solar energy. The Israeli company is also developing a 10-seat commuter aircraft powered by fuel cells. "Our job is to foresee future technology, what we will need and what to invest in,” Arnold Nathan, director of research and development at IAI's Engineering Division, told the Post. IAI is currently involved in 85 aviation research projects under a 10-year contract with the European Union
Israeli Aerospace Industries is working on an airliner-sized unmanned aerial vehicle capable of carrying 60,000 pounds of freight. And the only reason it’s focusing on a cargo plane is that the flying public won’t accept a pilotless passenger plane. Shlomo Tsach, IAI’s director of flight sciences, told the Jerusalem Post the technology already exists to fly passengers without pilots but "the world is not yet ready to be flown without a pilot at the stick.” However, he said, a study by Boeing suggests there’s no such resistance to sending packages without direct human intervention, so the idea of a pilotless cargo plane is gaining some traction. At the opposite end of the spectrum, IAI is also working on a nine-pound solar-powered UAV. The Sun Sailor carries a digital camera as its payload and can remain airborne indefinitely using (and presumably storing) solar energy. The Israeli company is also developing a 10-seat commuter aircraft powered by fuel cells. "Our job is to foresee future technology, what we will need and what to invest in,” Arnold Nathan, director of research and development at IAI's Engineering Division, told the Post. IAI is currently involved in 85 aviation research projects under a 10-year contract with the European Union
03-12-2007, 11:54 AM
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Great. Now all Al Qaida will need is a few good hackers and they'll have all the cruise missiles they want.
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03-12-2007, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Canyonman
Another item for the next contract
Israeli Aerospace Industries is working on an airliner-sized unmanned aerial vehicle capable of carrying 60,000 pounds of freight. And the only reason it’s focusing on a cargo plane is that the flying public won’t accept a pilotless passenger plane. Shlomo Tsach, IAI’s director of flight sciences, told the Jerusalem Post the technology already exists to fly passengers without pilots but "the world is not yet ready to be flown without a pilot at the stick.” However, he said, a study by Boeing suggests there’s no such resistance to sending packages without direct human intervention, so the idea of a pilotless cargo plane is gaining some traction. At the opposite end of the spectrum, IAI is also working on a nine-pound solar-powered UAV. The Sun Sailor carries a digital camera as its payload and can remain airborne indefinitely using (and presumably storing) solar energy. The Israeli company is also developing a 10-seat commuter aircraft powered by fuel cells. "Our job is to foresee future technology, what we will need and what to invest in,” Arnold Nathan, director of research and development at IAI's Engineering Division, told the Post. IAI is currently involved in 85 aviation research projects under a 10-year contract with the European Union
Israeli Aerospace Industries is working on an airliner-sized unmanned aerial vehicle capable of carrying 60,000 pounds of freight. And the only reason it’s focusing on a cargo plane is that the flying public won’t accept a pilotless passenger plane. Shlomo Tsach, IAI’s director of flight sciences, told the Jerusalem Post the technology already exists to fly passengers without pilots but "the world is not yet ready to be flown without a pilot at the stick.” However, he said, a study by Boeing suggests there’s no such resistance to sending packages without direct human intervention, so the idea of a pilotless cargo plane is gaining some traction. At the opposite end of the spectrum, IAI is also working on a nine-pound solar-powered UAV. The Sun Sailor carries a digital camera as its payload and can remain airborne indefinitely using (and presumably storing) solar energy. The Israeli company is also developing a 10-seat commuter aircraft powered by fuel cells. "Our job is to foresee future technology, what we will need and what to invest in,” Arnold Nathan, director of research and development at IAI's Engineering Division, told the Post. IAI is currently involved in 85 aviation research projects under a 10-year contract with the European UnionThen, it picked a fine time to seize up at ORD when we were issued a runway change with 25 a/c holding behind us. But hey, we only shut down O'Hare for 5 mins while waiting for the computer to reboot. What could possibly go wrong in the air when you mix Windows and Aviation??
03-12-2007, 03:06 PM
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03-12-2007, 09:38 PM
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The current accident rates of UAV's is extremely high. To have them fly international would almost certainly require satellites in orbit that we don't have and won't have for a long time.
The first time that a "drone cargo plane" crashes on someones head, that will end that program, because that same people who NOT would travel IN a drone, won't want to be overflown by a 600,000lb drone.
The first time that a "drone cargo plane" crashes on someones head, that will end that program, because that same people who NOT would travel IN a drone, won't want to be overflown by a 600,000lb drone.
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