Lockheed's Catapult-Launched Drone Called Fury Lingers 15 Hours Over the Battlefield
By Kyle Mizokami
May 2, 2017
Lockheed is developing a new drone promises to be a long-endurance, high-altitude friend for troops on the ground, acting as an eye in the sky or a communications relay.
Fury, which looks a little like a pumpkin seed with bat wings, can operate for more than 15 hours at altitudes up to 15,000 feet. An in-house project funded on the company dime, Lockheed's new drone is designed to give ground troops or warships their own surveillance or communications platform. The 17-foot-wingspan drone doesn't need a runway to operate. Instead, it's launched from a truck or deck-mounted catapult and can be recovered by flying it into a recovery net.
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