I just think that this drone is wicked cool looking.

It’s a Predator-B class drone.

Alenia Aeronautic Unveils New Unmanned Aircraft

Aviation Week & Space Technology
06/18/2007, page 112

Andy Nativi
Rome

Sky-Y prototype could clear the way for pan-European unmanned aircraft project

Printed headline: Unmanned and Unveiled

Alenia Aeronautica hopes its work on a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft demonstrator will spur interest in a future European collaborative program.

The so-called Sky-Y has been underway in secret for several months, but this week the company is expected to lift the veil on the project. A Sky-Y model will be shown at the Paris air show, while the real version is undergoing trials at the Vidsel test range in Sweden.

Finmeccanica is trying to break into the medium-altitude unmanned aircraft market, building on work done with earlier UAV demonstrators. Credit: ALENIA AERONAUTICA