The vaporize car , a destination of starry - eyed engineers since at least the showtime of the last century , is getting the DARPA treatment . call Transformer TX , this flying Humvee - like prototype could be airborne by 2015 .
The Transformer TX was formally detail in a Pentagon budget report last twelvemonth , pretty much in name only , and only late have actual details concerning the projection come to ignitor . Like this tidbit , harvest from the account by theRegister :
The Government ’s project concept consists of a robust ground fomite that is capable of configure into a VTOL [ Vertical Take Off and Landing ] air fomite with a maximal payload capability of or so 1,000 lbs .
The vehicle would be able to carry four troopers and all their gear , and would be no large than 30′ by 8.5′ by 9′. For visualization ’s rice beer , that ’s the length of two Hummers end - to - end . DARPA requires that the vehicle be able to annul off from a stand still , like a helicopter , and reach an altitude of 10,000 feet . Oh , and if it ’s autonomous , like a vulture , that ’s just okay with DARPA , as they need any ol’ Marine to be able to aviate the affair ( or ride back and get it take them into the fray ) , without a immense amount of training . [ RegisterviaSlashdot ]
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