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Image - Rolls-Royce AE 3007 powers first flight of US Navys Triton UAV

Rolls-Royce AE 3007 powers first flight of US Navy's Triton ...

Rolls-Royce congratulates the US Navy for achieving its first flight with the Northrop Grumman Corporation-built MQ-4C Triton aircraft. Triton, a high-altitude, unmanned aircraft, is powered by a single Rolls-Royce AE 3007 engine. The aircraft is specially designed to fly surveillance missions up to 24 hours at altitudes over 10 miles high – allowing coverage ...
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Solar plane aims for new world distance record

Solar Impulse, the first aircraft that can fly day and night fueled entirely by energy from the sun, embarked Wednesday on the second leg of its historic journey across the American continent. The solar-powered airplane departed at 1147 GMT from an airport in Phoenix, Arizona en route to Dallas, Texas, a trip of about 830 miles (1,300 kilometers), in a bid to set a ...
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