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Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton long-range drone completes first flight (video)

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Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft is one step closer to serving the Navy in reconnaissance and surveillance missions, having just completed its first flight. The drone spent 80 minutes in the air, reaching an altitude of 20,000 feet. That’s child’s play compared to the aircraft’s full potential: according to the Navy, it can soar at up to 60,000 feet and stay airborne for as long as 30 hours, due in no small part to its 130-foot wingspan. By 2015, the Triton will undergo operational testing and evaluation, and the Navy hopes to add additional aircraft to its existing fleet (currently just two strong). Check out the long-range spy plane in action just past the break.

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Northrop Grumman Unveils US Navy’s MQ-4C BAMS Triton unmanned aircraft

Northrop Grumman Unveils US Navy's MQ4C BAMS Triton unmanned aircraft

If Broad Location Maritime Monitoring, or war electronic devices are your bag, then things merely got real. Northrop Grumman has just unveiled the MQ-4C BAMS Triton, the most recent addition to the US Navy’s Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force. The spy plane was than four years in development, has a wingspan of 130.9 feet and is able to cover more than just 2.7 million square miles in a single mission. As you will certainly have been unable to stay clear of seeing, the unmanned aircraft most definitely inherited a couple of the RQ-4 Universal Hawk’s dome-like DNA, and will certainly outline towards active service after finishing useful requirement evaluations and system progression and exhibition flights. Want to bone-up on the full spec? Hit the more protection link for the amounts. In the interim, we’re wondering if they might expand the research.

Northrop Grumman Unveils US Navy’s MQ-4C BAMS Triton unmanned aircraft initially appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TRITON 328 KRS (robotic hybrid trimaran)

TRITON 328 KRS (robotic hybrid trimaran)

TRITON 328 is my first ro-boat! This robotic trimaran boat can avoid obstacles with sonar sensor and is suitable for sea surface inspections! Also TRITON 328 can send to us video with sound, wirelessly… More info: www.grobot.gr Enjoy…!!!
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Triton 36,000 submarine to plumb ocean’s deepest depths, comes in yellow (video)

Richard Branson’s not the only one eager to explore that other 70 percent of the world. Triton Submarines has designed a three-passenger sub able to dive 36,000 feet, reaching the deepest part of the world’s oceans. And while Sir Richard envisions a spaceship-like craft, Triton’s design evokes old school bathyspheres: it’s a glass globe. Of course, water pressure poses a serious engineering challenge when you descend seven miles below the surface — the last manned sub to reach that depth had only a single, small window made of plexiglass. The current design uses borosilicate glass (like those transparent displays we, um, saw through a while back) that actually grows stronger as depth pressure increases; it took eight months of careful heating and cooling to produce. Assuming the glass holds, it will take about 75 minutes to reach the bottom of the ocean. Anyone considering a test run should check out the PR video after the break, showing Triton’s other submarines in action.

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Triton 36,000 submarine to plumb ocean’s deepest depths, comes in yellow (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Full-color navigation that’s amazingly easy! SD-card compatibility enables you to add optional maps. Rugged and waterproof (IPX-7) to withstand accidental impact and submersion, it’s ready for any adventure.

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