NAWCAD is developing the X-Glider, an expendable aircraft-launched glider vehicle for the air deployment of sensors into denied or contested littoral areas while providing a safe standoff capability to the manned launch aircraft. The X-Glider is the size of a MK-46 torpedo and large enough to accommodate a range of payloads. It can be launched from the wing stations or bomb bay of tactical aircraft. Once launched, the X-Glider's autopilot autonomously guides the unpowered, 14-to-i glide-ratio vehicle to a predetermined location using GPS to achieve an aircraft standoff distance of 50 nmi, or more, from the hostile environment. The X-Glider is being developed under contract for NAWOAD by AeroVironment, Inc., of Simi Valley, California, and is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.
Air-Launched Glider Delivery Vehicle for Standoff
1999
36 pages
Report
No indication
English
Parachutes & Decelerators , Air launched , Gliders , Stations , Delivery , Deployment , Payload , Environments , Detectors , Standoff , Aircraft , Safety , Launching , California , Enemy , Vehicles , Range(Distance) , Wings , Littoral zones , Tactical aircraft , Manned , Bomb bays
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