Posts Tagged ‘navy’

The next step to unmanned aircraft

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Northrup-Grumman shows off its big Navy UAV. It can do in-air refueling and carrier landings and takeoffs. It has a 62 foot wing span and weighs over 20 tons at takeoff. It will be flying next year and the carrier exercises begin in 2011.

I have previously posted about this topic here and here and this is interesting. Unfortunately, Falcon-Blackswift seems to have been cancelled. I don’t know if this means the Democrats are going to gut new technology or it had reached a dead end in the program.

McCain genes breed true

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

John McCain was not my candidate this year although I worked for his primary campaign in 2000. Immigration and campaign finance reform were two reasons. One reason to support him is the family genes he carries. His father and grandfather were Navy admirals. Now, his son, in his inimitable way, is carrying on the family tradition in more ways than one. Even through their anti-war sniffpeckery, you can hear the NY Times reporters trying to understand this kid and respecting him tremendously. He sounds like presidential material in about 2027 to me.