Flying Walrus For The Military
Monday, January 29th, 2007
It flies. It’s the size of a football field. And it looks like a huge pickle… kind of.
According to DARPA, the Walrus flies via a combination of aerodynamics, thrust vectoring and gas buoyancy generation and management. I’m guessing that the aerodynamics part deals with drag reduction; the thrust vectoring deals with movement (forwards, backwards, up and down) while the gas buoyancy keeps the whole barnyard afloat in the air.
I don’t know if this thing will ever be built but Lockheed Martin and Aeros Aeronautical Corps. were awarded the contract.
Combine this flying warehouse with a host of flying soldiers equipped with battle robotics and you get one heckuva floating strike base!
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