Boeing HALE
The Boeing HALE is a concept for High Altitude, Long Endurance unmanned aerial vehicles.
Two demonstration HALE aircraft are currently under development:[1]
- The hydrogen powered Phantom Eye.
- The solar-electric SolarEagle.
The HALE concept for surveillance missions includes flight altitudes above 65,000 ft, for endurance periods of days, months and even years – far beyond the 30-hour endurance of RQ-4 Global Hawk.
Similar aircraft
- QinetiQ Zephyr
- Global Observer
- Vulture (UAV)
- Luminati Aerospace V0 Substrata
- Luminati Aerospace V1 Stratos
References
- Haddox, Chris. "SolarEagle (Vulture II) Backgrounder" Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Boeing Phantom Works, September 2010. Retrieved: 18 October 2010.
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