Lockheed Martin Stalker VXE UAS Completes A World Record 39-Hour Flight


Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works® demonstrated the expanded endurance abilities of a specifically configured Lockheed Martin Stalker VXE unmanned aerial procedure (UAS) by means of a environment report stamina flight on Feb. 18, 2022, at the Santa Margarita Ranch in California.


The flight establishes a new report in the Group 2 classification with a flight time of 39 hrs, 17 minutes and 7 seconds. The flight has been submitted to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the planet sanctioning human body for aviation information, via its U.S. affiliate, the National Aeronautic Association, for certification.


A output Stalker VXE was modified for this history-placing flight with an external, wing-mounted gas tank. The flight supplied precious perception for enhancements to Stalker VXE aimed at scaling its mission capabilities for the upcoming.


Stalker VXEs class-main stamina, wide operating envelope, modular payload compliance, vertical just take-off and landing functionality, and open method architecture let it to execute various and demanding missions although retaining a compact operational footprint and crew.


To realize this environment file flight time, Lockheed Martin partnered with:

- Edge Autonomy as a developer and original gear producer of high-functionality unmanned units, which includes the Stalker VXE aircraft.
- Adaptive Power to produce cutting-edge gas cell technologies, investing in sophisticated power resources and testing innovative implementation tactics for subject functions.
- Composite Technology Growth Inc. to develop a mild-weight external wing tank.
- Precision Integrated Programs to present flight operations support.
- Clovis Spot Modelers to provide FAI official contest directors to continually watch and adjudicate the entire world document flight for ratification.
For much more information and facts on aviation information, the NAA or the FAI, visit https://naa.aero or

https://www.fai.org.


For more information and facts about Stalker VXE, visit www.lockheedmartin.com/stalker.


About Lockheed Martin

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a worldwide security and aerospace corporation that employs close to 114,000 individuals around the globe and is principally engaged in the investigation, design and style, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of innovative technologies programs, items and products and services.
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