Lockheed Martin Stalker VXE UAS completes a world file 39-hour flight | sUAS Information

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works^® demonstrated the expanded endurance capabilities of a specifically configured Lockheed Martin Stalker VXE unmanned aerial system (UAS) by means of a world file endurance flight on Feb. 18, 2022, on the Santa Margarita Ranch in California.

The flight establishes a brand new file within the Group 2 (5 to <25-kilogram) class with a flight time of 39 hours, 17 minutes and seven seconds. The flight has been submitted to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the world sanctioning physique for aviation information, by means of its U.S. affiliate, the Nationwide Aeronautic Affiliation, for certification.

A manufacturing Stalker VXE was modified for this record-setting flight with an exterior, wing-mounted gas tank. The flight supplied beneficial perception for enhancements to Stalker VXE geared toward scaling its mission capabilities for the long run.

Stalker VXE’s class-leading endurance, broad working envelope, modular payload compliance, vertical take-off and touchdown functionality, and open system structure enable it to execute numerous and demanding missions whereas sustaining a small operational footprint and crew.

To attain this world file flight time, Lockheed Martin partnered with:

• Edge Autonomy as a developer and unique gear producer of high-performance unmanned techniques, together with the Stalker VXE plane.
• Adaptive Vitality to develop cutting-edge gas cell know-how, investing in superior energy sources and testing revolutionary implementation strategies for area operations.
• Composite Expertise Improvement Inc. to construct a light-weight exterior wing tank.
• Precision Built-in Applications to offer flight operations assist.
• Clovis Space Modelers to offer FAI official contest administrators to constantly monitor and adjudicate the world file flight for ratification. 

For extra data on aviation information, the NAA or the FAI, go to https://naa.aero or
https://www.fai.org.

For added details about Stalker VXE, go to www.lockheedmartin.com/stalker.

About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a worldwide safety and aerospace firm that employs roughly 114,000 individuals worldwide and is principally engaged within the analysis, design, growth, manufacture, integration and sustainment of superior know-how techniques, services and products.