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GA-ASI Completes Wind Tunnel Testing on Mariner Aircraft Model
Test Results Validate Performance of Requirements for U.S. Navy BAMS Program
(San Diego, September 4, 2007) -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), a leading manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical reconnaissance radars, today announced that it has successfully completed wind tunnel testing on a model of its Mariner(r) unmanned aircraft. GA-ASI conducted aerodynamic testing of the Mariner airframe to support the selection of Team Mariner UAS, an initiative with advanced electronics systems integrator Lockheed Martin, as the solution for the U.S. Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program.
"We are pleased that Mariner's wind tunnel results exceeded our expectations," said Thomas J. Cassidy, Jr., president, Aircraft Systems Group, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. "The airframe model was subjected to extensive testing under calibrated conditions and rigorous analyses by a team of aerodynamic experts. Preliminary evaluations validated key competitive capabilities of the aircraft and suggest that Mariner's design is even more efficient than originally assumed. In short, wind tunnel testing has confirmed Mariner's capability to provide the U.S. Navy with superior BAMS mission performance far into the future."
Testing was conducted over a two-week period at the San Diego Air & Space Technology Center in southern California with a one-tenth scale model of the Mariner aircraft. The Mariner design is a derivative of the company's operationally proven turboprop Predator B unmanned aircraft that has been optimized for the unique demands of the Navy, assuring a low-cost and low-risk solution to meet the service's needs. Aerodynamic testing was performed by a team of engineers from GA-ASI's Flight Technologies Department and the San Diego Air & Space Technology Center, as well as personnel from the model's manufacturer, Patersonlabs, Inc. of Kent, Wash. The goal of the testing was to validate key metrics related to the design performance of the Mariner aircraft.
Source : General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
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