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.


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    Title :

    Air-Launched Glider Delivery Vehicle for Standoff


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    36 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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