Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-56A

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High altitude, long endurance technology demonstrator UAV.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Autonomous

Engine type

Turbojet

Application

Experimental

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Wing position

Mid

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

Certification

Military

Composite wing (primary structure) Primary Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-56A MUTT	/ 2013		MUTT: Multi-Utility Technology Test bed, unmanned aircraft.

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