BAE Systems reveals advanced R&D concepts
BAE Systems has revealed the development of two future aerospace technologies that it is developing in partnership with smaller UK companies, ahead of the Farnborough International Airshow running from 11 to 17 July.
The technologies, revealed on 3 July, comprise the chemical 'growing' of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and hypersonic propulsion.
For the chemical 'growing' of UAVs, BAE Systems has teamed with the University of Glasgow to develop technologies that might enable laboratories to produce UAVs in a matter of weeks.
As outlined by the company, "a radical new machine called a Chemputer could enable advanced chemical processes to grow aircraft and some of their complex electronic systems, conceivably from a molecular level upwards. This unique UK technology could use environmentally sustainable materials and support military operations where a multitude of small UAVs with a combination of technologies serving a specific purpose might be needed quickly. It could also be used to produce multi-functional parts for large manned aircraft.
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