Interest to the research agency of the U.S. Department of Defense, "DARPA" introduced a new aircraft able to fly for five consecutive years, without landing, and without air refueling. This is called the plane "Voltor" (Vulture), and can repair failures of communication networks, radio and video, in areas exposed to environmental disasters. Can also be harnessed to control the terrorist training camps are not visible. In other words, this plane will be used in the fields of military and civil.
The companies received (Aurora Flight System) and "Boeing" and "Lockheed Martin" funding agency "DARPA" to develop this type of aircraft capable of flying in the air for a period of five years, without interruption. Load up the plane, "Voltor" Cleogram to 500 and will fly at a height of 20 to 30 thousand miles. So far, attributed the record for flying a plane without a pilot a plane (Zephyr Aircraft) produced by the company (QinetiQ). It is succeeded in flying for 54 hours straight.
Consists plane "Voltor" of three aircraft will unite together in the air to form a jumbo jet has sold its wing (the distance between the maximum left wing and the maximum wing right) 160 m almost twice the wingspan of an Airbus (A380) which is the largest commercial aircraft manufactured for the day, about the world. Work will be "Voltor" free of toxic emissions. All electric motors are powered by photovoltaic panels focused on them.
The construction of aircraft "Voltor" on a large scale, in the future, will allow the implementation of the tasks that led some of the satellites, and Earth observation. Contrary to these satellites, these aircraft, when subjected to any crash, landing on the ground in order to be repaired before being returned back to its position in the air. .