Endurance is a breeze for QinetiQ

摘要

QinetiQ's Zephyr HALE (high-altitude, long-endurance) UAV was airborne for 54 hours during trials at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The flight trials were funded via a UK Ministry of Defence research program. In a statement announcing the achievement, QinetiQ said:"The duration of the flight exceeded the current official FAI world record for unmanned flight, which stands at 30 hours 24 minutes set by Northrop Grumman's RQ-4A Global Hawk on March 22,2001. However, because there was no FAI official present at White Sands, it may not stand as an official world record."