Developers working for the principle U.S. military research agency DARPA have dreamed up an unmanned spy plane that can, in theory, stay up in the air for five years straight unless discovered and shot by enemies of course. Though the plan will require the aircraft designers to build a plane that can keep around half-a-ton payload aloft at a prescribed 60,000 to 90,000-foot altitude for an ungodly length of time, sources report that the DARPA research group is very close to getting the contracts all signed up for having the plane built ASAP. DARPA is keeping its technology partners behind the super-flyer under tight wraps for the time being, but we’re sure we’ll soon have a name to go with the brains behind the new Vulture.
Source: Gizmodo/ FlightGlobal/ Dvice
