Many UAVs are in the market place but few are very profitable. After studying the lessons learned form our predecessors, a commercial off the shelf approach was chosen to meet the price performance challenge. A multi-mission capable aircraft was chosen to provide exposure to the widest possible market. Using an analysis tool developed for DARPA, the Vigilante VTOL UAV was successfully competed against both Outrider and Predator.


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    Title :

    COTS approach to a utility VTOL UAV


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Airborne Reconnaissance XXII ; 1998 ; San Diego,CA,USA


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1998-11-05





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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