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Mack looks at the intelligence gathering capabilities of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. *Video courtesy of and copyright owned by Discovery Communications*

The LEMV, being tested soon, is designed to stay aloft for weeks at a time By Dan Smith Posted 06.08.2009 at 2:12 pm 14 Comments Long Endurance Multi-INT Vehicle: Floating sentinel Since the airship glory days of the early part of the century, blimps have certainly lost some of their cachet, relegated to hovering over sporting events and not much else. However, the Army is about to test launch an unmanned hybrid airship to be used for surveillance missions in Afghanistan. The Long Endurance Multi-INT Vehicle, or LEMV, is an impressive combination of endurance, carrying capacity, and speed (relatively speaking). The aircraft can be launched easily for missions with up to 3-weeks of continuous airtime carrying a 2,500 lb payload at altitudes of 20,000 ft. Larger payloads will lower the aircraft's ceiling slightly. Its lift and propulsion systems are equipped to maintain an average speed of 20 kts, but can "dash" at speeds of up to 80 kts when needed. Over the course of its ...

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) is playing an important role in technologically equipping the Pakistan Air Force to meet any challenges. In line to give an extra punch to Air Force, PAC has handed over around a dozen predator type Un‑manned Ariel Vehicles (UAVs) to PAF, said Chairman PAC Air Marshal Khalid Chaudhary. In an exclusive talk on Thursday, he said that Pakistan has acquired the UAV manufacturing technology and its indigenous manufacturing has been initiated successfully. He said though these UAVs are lighter than the Predators but meet the defence requirements of the PAF. “We will manufacture more UAVs indiginously keeping in view the requirements of PAF,” said Air Marshal Khalid Chaudhry. Thursday, 01 January 2009 15:12