The Advanced Research Projects Agency of the US military DARPA has heralded the second phase in the development of a new transport drone: By 2018, the company Aurora Flight Sciences to the VTOL X-Plane build what DARPA has derived from previous research and development activities concrete specifications. Thus, the new, autonomous flyer is a whiz with 24 tiltrotors be operated electrically, with the current but should not come from batteries but from a central turbo engine with 3 megawatts. The Lightning Strike called drone is also able to transport at least 40 percent of their total weight from 4.5 to 5.4 tones as a payload and reach it a top speed of 740 km / h. What the authority will then see 2018 in the air.
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