US X-56A Hypersonic UAV

As shown, this aircraft is very much like a cartoon airplane designed for children, in fact, this is the latest design of the X-56A unmanned aircraft, it is a new generation of supersonic UAV is named "bull's-eye." Recently, NASA's X-56A unmanned aircraft to conduct a flight test, which will test the flexibility of the wing flight ready.

"Bull's-eye" UAV mission is to test "Aeroservoelastic technology", the technology can regulate the adaptive shock aircraft in flight.

The UAV 2.28 meters long, with a wingspan of 8.5 meters and weighing 217 kg, is made up of two small 41 kg weight JetCat P400 turbojet drive.

The UAV will demonstrate sonic boom cancellation technology, one day be able to reduce the current noise of supersonic commercial aircraft in the future. The picture is a NASA supersonic design concept machines.

The original X-56A unmanned aircraft with about six months for maintenance, ready to complete the first test flight in folding wings early 2016. The figure is two researchers are controlled X-56A aircraft.