Test edits
SMART-1 microjet
editIn 2018, Nalls Aviation announced that it had acquired Aerial Productions International (API)[1], a company that adapted the small and relatively inexpensive BD-5J microjet to simulate a cruise missile in support of United States Department of Defense (DoD) activities.[2] Cruise missile defense has been an area of increasing importance for the DoD in order to prevent attacks such as the one that occurred at a Saudi oil facility in 2019.[3] API modified the BD-5J from an air show performer to the Small Manned Aerial Radar Target, Model 1 (SMART-1) configuration by reducing radar cross-section and increasing top speed.[1] In September 2019, Nalls and an API team with 6+ microjets flew to Gila Bend Municipal Airport in Arizona and successfully competed three days of airborne radar testing at a nearby US government test range. Nalls reports additional test events with the microjets are planned.[4]
Notes
editReferences
edit- Bowman, Bradley; Gabel, Andrew (October 29, 2019). "3 ways America can fix its vulnerability to cruise missiles". Defense News. Defense News Media Group. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- Nalls, Art (April 6, 2018). "Aerial Productions International joins Nalls Aviation family!". Nalls Aviation. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- Nalls, Art (2020). "Redefining "Austere": Little Jets, Big Jobs, and Teamwork". In Flight USA. San Mateo, California: In Flight Media. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- "The Freedom Jet goes Military!". SMART-1. Aguila, Arizona: Aerial Productions International. 2004. Archived from the original on June 10, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
External links
edit- Rogoway, Tyler (July 30, 2014). "James Bond's Micro-Jet Lives On As A Pretend Cruise Missile". Foxtrot Alpha. Retrieved March 24, 2020.