Orion, long-endurance fixed-wing drone, Aurora Flight Sciences, Manassas, Virginia, USA


Aurora Flight Sciences Orion UAV first flight

Published on Sep 17, 2013

Aurora Flight Sciences video of the August 24, 2013, first flight of its Orion medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft demonstrator. Powered by two Austro Engine turbo-diesels, Orion is designed to fly for 120 hours at 20,000ft carrying a 1,000lb payload - five times the endurance of current Predator-class MALE UAVs.
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