Uav

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UAVs are unmanned air vehicles, which are iN production since the mid 90s. One of many succesful unmanned X-37 and X-40 (a NASA project) tests at Edwards AFB, CA, are mentioned at SchaferCorp in one of their customers letters at: http://www.schafercorp.com/Company/customers/letter36.pdf The letter was sent on August 8th, 2001. Brian A. Arnold, Lieutenant General writes, that he "knew a group from SMC [which] had played a large part in the success of this testing..." "..Through the two-months and seven tests they ran, are paving the way for the first flight of the larger, unpiloted X-37 from a B-52 aircraft next year. For a multi-million dollar and multi-agency program with involvement from NASA, Boeing and the US Air Force, it is imperative we send our best to get the job done in record time and without delays.." NOTE: "The X-37, a reusable launch vehicle, is designed to operate in both the orbital and reentry phases of flight. The robotic space plane will play a key role in NASA's effort to dramatically reduce the cost of putting payloads into space." Source: http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/NEWSROOM/background/facts/x37.htm

An early variation of UAVs are described in the GlobalHawk Project.