Saturday, November 19, 2011

UAE's United-40 Tandem Wing Armed Drone

The Adcom Systems, a firm from the United Arab Emirates has displayed the innovative United 40 unmanned air vehicle which uses  tandem-wing layout. This  new UAV has  a S-shaped fuselage and its design was developed after research and development for over 4 years. 

UAE's 30kg Namrod is a GPS/inertial/IR terminal guidance missile which is powered by a  small jet engine with maximum speed of 1000 kilometres per hours and a range of 60 kilometres .
The  United-40's wings will provide high lift with wing span of 57 feet 6 inches and the lifting area of the wing is 262 sq ft.
United-40 Tandem Wing Armed Drone can have takeoff/landing speed of just 33 mph  and it can achieve altitude of 23,000 feet. Maximum takeoff weight is around 1000 kg.

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