This is an awsome video of Global Hawk time laps, how they build it!

The video is a time lapse video of the construction of the Worlds Largest UAV, the Global Hawk. This aircraft replaced the old U2 spy plane and can fly anywhere in the world from bases in the US and Asia. In role and operational design, the Global Hawk is similar to the Lockheed U-2, the venerable 1950s spy plane. It is a theater commander's asset to provide a broad overview and systematic target surveillance. For this purpose, the Global Hawk is able to provide high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)—that can penetrate cloud-cover and sandstorms— and Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) imagery at long range with long loiter times over target areas. It can survey as much as 40,000 square miles (100,000 square kilometers) of terrain a day. The big difference from the U-2 is, that the commander and others on his operational net now have a real-time connection to view the data as they are gathered. There is no waiting for the plane to come back and the material gathered analysed.

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[bestamerica]

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dont have to show video in here about UAV,,,

ussr russia / china can copy steal from this video

[3rdID8487]

@bestamerica you have to be kidding me right? This video is not anywhere near showing them how t build the thing (all the important stuff is inside in case you didn't know.) the outside is not top secret an displayed at air shows and such. LOL The Department of Defense feels the video is OK to release, since they did.

[chasejk]

This isn't the actual plane. It is a traveling model that is used at air shows and trade shows. The actual plane is made just like all other planes... one piece at a time. When they want to take the real plane around the world, they just fly it there. 

[3rdID8487]

@chasejk Actually this is a actual plane. It is not a model used in airshows, and this one is being assembled for testing at the flightline test Center. And if you watch the video, you'll notice that it was being assembled from pieces, just like any other plane. I don't know where you get your information from but since I'm the one that posted the video and no where it came from and what it was, you sir are incorrect.

[douro20]

The Helios solar UAV is the largest...

[3rdID8487]

@douro20 I am not here to argue, just telling what they say. Plus that UAV is not being used in combat nor is it in production but a test vehicle created by NASA. This is the Worlds Largest production UAV currently being used, not tested. Hows that better?

[JPAD4ever]

actually the global hawk is not replacing the U-2. i have first hand experiance and i know for a fact the global hawk is not my replacement.

[max8987]

@bestamerica

copy-steal is what, Ctrl+S?

[shtse73]

Global Hawk model assembly - wish the real thing was that easy!

[dausaf91]

THAT WAS COOL ! NOW I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM DO THAT ON A C- 5 .

[doogin73]

This is a 100% scale model of the aircraft that they use for trade shows etc... The hangar in this video is located at Anderson AFB in Guam where flight testing does not occur. You should do a little more research before you try and talk about something you know nothing about...

[stuntmanmike37]

That's so cool, how modular it is.