For more than 2 years, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center has been preparing for the receipt of two Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration Global Hawk air vehicles from the United States Air Force. NASA Dryden intends to establish a Global Hawk Project Office, which will be responsible for developing the infrastructure required to operate this unmanned aerial system and establishing a trained maintenance and operations team. The first flight of a NASA Global Hawk air vehicle is expected to occur in 2008. The NASA Global Hawk system can be used by a variety of customers, including U.S. Government agencies, civilian organizations, universities, and state governments. A combination of the vehicle s range, endurance, altitude, payload power, payload volume, and payload weight capabilities separates the Global Hawk unmanned aerial system from all other platforms available to the science community.
NASA Global Hawk: A Unique Capability for the Pursuit of Earth Science
2007
4 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Natural Resources & Earth Sciences , Unmanned Spacecraft , Earth sciences , Pilotless aircraft , Air defense , Remote sensing , Autonomy , Global Hawk , High altitude , Defense program , Inertial navigation , Ground based control , Hurricanes , Governments , Vegetation , Data links , Imaging techniques
NASA Global Hawk: A New Tool for Earth Science Research
NTIS | 2009
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NTIS | 2009
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