Robotic Aircraft To Supply Troops 111
Cowards Anonymous writes "PC World reports on a prototype driverless aircraft designed to shuttle hundreds of pounds of supplies to soldiers in war zones. Dubbed a flying Humvee by Frontline Aerospace's CEO, the robotic vehicle can fly 600 to 1,000 miles carrying a full cargo of 400 pounds. It's about the size of a large SUV, weighing in at 2,400 pounds and measuring 21 feet long and up to 26 feet wide."
Re:My eyebrows are raised... (Score:5, Funny)
Usual high flying business cruft (Score:5, Funny)
I see quite a lot of these sorts of getups happening, someone gets some specs, waves their hands about, generates some crappy CG and utters a price of a few million. Couple of years later there's nothing really to show for it except some rudimentary framework and an empty office.
Only wish I had gotten in there first
Re:Carryall (Score:3, Funny)
Hence why Iraq was important.. or something, where am I?
Re:Usual high flying business cruft (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.frontlineaerospace.com/images/stories/press_images/VSTAR_Resupply_1.jpg [frontlineaerospace.com]
I can't even tell if it's supposed to be in the air or not. If it is, those two dudes are about to get crushed/pixelated to death.
This is my new desktop background.
Sounds familiar (Score:4, Funny)
I seem to recall that they had something like this before. Quite a bit faster. Very good at getting its cargo to the waiting soldiers. A bit rougher on the payload, perhaps (and the soldiers).
I believe it was called a Cruise Something-or-other.
Well, I for one... (Score:3, Funny)
Large SUV ? (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, that's exactly the size of my Jeep.