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‘MQ Next’ General Atomics New Hybrid Electric Stealthy Drone Design

General Atomics unveiled a new modular drone concept design last month, new propulsion technology concept that a pair of top company executives believe has “game changing” potential. But on the wall of the company’s booth, concept art showed off a flying-wing shape associated most commonly with the B-2 or B-21 stealth bombers. Rather than part of Gambit, this design is part of what the company calls MQ-Next, which may end up incorporating a new propulsion effort for General Atomics that Atwood hyped as a “completely disruptive technology.” “We are working on hybrid electric propulsion,” Atwood said. “We believe that GA is going to pioneer a completely new way to propel airborne air-breathing vehicles. That will be unveiled in the coming years, but it is a completely disruptive technology. It uses a hybrid electric system where it’s basically a Tesla Model S and an RQ-170 got together and you have a fully electric aircraft” capable of traveling greater distances. Alexander showed a graphic depicting the engine for the stealthy next-generation design. There are ducted fans buried inside the fuselage, with what he called “serpentine” inlets and exhausts in essence, the ducts are twisted inside the aircraft in order to make sure the engine fans aren’t visible, and so won’t raise the RF signature. “The key to this design is a heavy fuel engine, driving very efficient generators and motors. And that way we can get fairly low fan speeds, get really good efficiency,” Alexander said. “So, this is game changer right here. Specifically, Alexander said, the company expects the stealthy MQ-Next design to have 60 hours endurance, without needing to be refueled a long-distance, long-on-station capability that he specifically noted would “help you cover the South China Sea.” In addition, the design should be able to take off from a 3,000 foot rough runway, meaning if it does need refueling, it could do so at the kind of small bases being looked at under the Air Force’s agile combat employment concept. #mqnext #stealthdrone #generalatomics #hybridelectricpropulsion #usairforce #usnavy #usarmy