http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/ Engadget Comments for NASA's unmanned Global Hawk completes key test flight http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Um, doesn't EVERYTHING need a rocket booster to enter low orbit . . . ?]]>Apr 3rd 2010 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/
I hear there's an iPad app for controlling that Global Hawk. Well, I guess there's an app for practically everything.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/
Very excited to see more unmanned vehicles, as it really opens the envelope on performance and dangerous missions. =)]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/
Actually that would be incorrect. Global Hawk has in operations for much of the last decade.

Just wondering why is it the size of a small plane, I had always thought it was much smaller. Anyway, that top cover they placed on last is a joke. The instruments aren't even half the height it covered. ]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/
Seriously though, that dome contains the SATCOM which requires a lot of space. You try shoving a 5' diameter satellite dish in there and making it aerodynamic. ]]>Apr 3rd 2010 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/
For someone who uses the SDF emblem, you have no idea that there is a version call the Predator, a successor to the Global Hawk with assault capabities.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Of course the armed version has been used to blow stuff up while the unarmed version has been used to find more stuff to blow up.
That platform has been around for years (it's actually a senior citizen as far as unmanned vehicles are concerned) but it's a rare pleasure to see it used for something constructive.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/LOL.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1LCR7CluMY&feature=player_embedded#]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/At the bottom-right of your testament. ]]>Apr 4th 2010 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/
This one is WAY better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUYbu5DJA1U]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/
Haven't heard that old tune in a long time, it sure brings back fond moments from the show. He was so under-appreciated.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/
Yep...Benny Hill was pure awesome-o.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/nasas-unmanned-global-hawk-completes-key-test-flight/Apr 3rd 2010 5:52PM