The U.S. Air Force’s ULTRA (Unmanned Long-Endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) made a rare appearance at an “undisclosed location” in the Middle East suggesting that the platform has been operationally deployed for the first time.
The platform is one-of-a-kind, given its interesting techno-industrial development history and optimum performance capabilities for its intended role. The purely reconnaissance and surveillance platform, capable of staying in the air for nearly 80 hours, was rapidly developed in under a year to meet today’s warfare’s two simple needs.
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Source: The Aviationist
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