The high altitude, long endurance (HALE) aircraft is described, and its appls. are discussed. The HALE can serve the needs of satellite surrogate missions, continuous battlefield surveillance, communications and data link relay, command and control, air defense initiative, and border patrol. The evolution of the HALE vehicle is described, and the related technologies are considered.
High altitude, long endurance vehicle (military aircraft)
Militaerisches Flugzeug fuer grosse Hoehen und langer Lebensdauer
Signal ; 42 , 5 ; 79-85
1988
Article (Journal)
English
Unmanned high altitude long-endurance aircraft
AIAA | 1989
|High Altitude Long Endurance Aircraft Design Studies
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
|GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT FOR HIGH-ALTITUDE LONG-ENDURANCE AIRCRAFT
European Patent Office | 2024
|