Comment by John Moore on June 11, 2012 at 3:12pm

Ouch, thats the Navy's version of the Global Hawk

Comment by Bertrand Duchiron on June 11, 2012 at 3:41pm

A GH with a collisions warning system and ASEA radar ,around 100M$ piece

Comment by Jack Crossfire on June 11, 2012 at 4:10pm

They can't get it perfect because you know there are so few unemployed engineers they can hire.

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on June 11, 2012 at 5:20pm

@Jack, just hiring new engineers won't necessarily fix it.  The "mythical man-month" applies just as much to engineering as it for programming.

Comment by Jonathan M on June 11, 2012 at 5:38pm

It's actually a demo program.  BAMS -  the actual program - hasn't flown yet.  It has some significant differences than the GH. 

Comment by James masterman on June 12, 2012 at 12:18am

It's actually a demo program.  BAMS

Is the program named after the sound it makes when it hits the ground?

Developer Comment by Andreas M. Antonopoulos on June 12, 2012 at 12:58am

One blogger renamed it to:

Bits of Airplane on Maryland Soil

Developer Comment by John Arne Birkeland on June 12, 2012 at 4:16am

So.... What kind of failsafe do you think they used? .. Sorry, I just had to say it.. :)

Developer Comment by Andreas M. Antonopoulos on June 12, 2012 at 9:53am

I spent the last 24 hrs since I posted this blog desperately trying not to say the F-word. You know, FAILSAFE?

I bet they used a TH-9x to fly it because the Navy was too cheap to buy Futabas.

Comment by Brent on June 12, 2012 at 9:58am

That might have been the failsafe option.

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