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		<title>Aurora Flight Sciences OPV arrives.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Mortimer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slightly bigger than this space should show but an idea to keep an eye on. Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the DA42M aircraft that will serve as its Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) prototype has arrived at its Manassas, Virginia facility. The DA42M is a 4-place, twin-engine general aviation aircraft produced by Diamond Aircraft in Austria. The aircraft that will become the prototype for Aurora’s OPV was originally used by Diamond as a prototype for the DA42 Multi-Purpose Platform (MPP) development program. Over the past several months, the aircraft has been upgraded with Austro E300 heavy fuel engines. Aurora’s DA42M-OPV, named “Centaur”, adds an extensive suite of propriety electronics and software that retains all of the manned mission capability while also enabling the capability to conduct missions with no pilot onboard. This “optionally piloted” configuration is unique to the Aurora version of the DA42M. “The Centaur has roughly the same payload and range performance as the MQ-1 Predator UAV,” said Aurora President John Langford, “but it has several important advantages. First, it can be flown with a pilot onboard, which will facilitate operation in the National Airspace System. Second, it has two engines, which gives greater reliability and safety. Third, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OPV DA42 preparing for flight trials.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Mortimer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not small, but OPV&#8217;s are a stepping stone towards sUAS in the NAS, just love using that phrase! MANASSAS, VA &#8212; (Marketwire) &#8212; 02/17/10 &#8212; Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the DA42M aircraft that will serve as its Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) prototype has arrived at its Manassas, Virginia facility. The DA42M is a 4-place, twin-engine general aviation aircraft produced by Diamond Aircraft in Austria. The aircraft that will become the prototype for Aurora&#8217;s OPV was originally used by Diamond as a prototype for the DA42 Multi-Purpose Platform (MPP) development program. Over the past several months, the aircraft has been upgraded with Austro E300 heavy fuel engines. Aurora&#8217;s DA42M-OPV, named &#8220;Centaur&#8221;, adds an extensive suite of propriety electronics and software that retains all of the manned mission capability while also enabling the capability to conduct missions with no pilot onboard. This &#8220;optionally piloted&#8221; configuration is unique to the Aurora version of the DA42M. &#8220;The Centaur has roughly the same payload and range performance as the MQ-1 Predator UAV,&#8221; said Aurora President John Langford, &#8220;but it has several important advantages. First, it can be flown with a pilot onboard, which will facilitate operation in the National Airspace System. Second, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OPV Optionally Piloted Vehicle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Mortimer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a day seems to go by without a new abbreviation in the UAV world. This one although not strictly connected with small unmanned aerial systems has caught my eye. For a couple of months now it has been known that the Diamond DA42 a four place twin engined businessman&#8217;s modern transport of choice was being converted for UAV use. But perhaps what was not considered was that a couple of seats might be left in! With two crew on board the Diamond can operate for upto 17 hours, once you take them out the duration increases to 26 hours. It makes perfect sense to use an advanced aircraft made from composites and certified around the world as an airframe into which to integrate UAV autopilot systems. A key benefit of keeping the man in the machine is that whilst ferrying the aircraft and operating in national airspace the pilot can do all the radio work and make the aircraft legal within the current framework of NAS useage. The ground station for the DA42M has been designed to fit in the cargo space, so it must be the first UAS that can deploy itself and operator to points of interest. [...]]]></description>
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