Looking for information on Skunk Works project "Minion and Minotaur" , page 1
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Topic started on 17-12-2008 @ 10:49 PM by FredT
I recently posted this thread:


New book by Trevor Paglin details top secret / special access unit patches

Two of the patches talked about these two skunk works projects. The patches are real and the author speculates that the Minotaur was a proof of concept for the actual minion


Wiki has this on the Minion:


Although the J-UCAS concept is a long way from the early idea of a "reusable cruise missile", that notion is apparently alive and well. In September 2003, an announcement was made that Lockheed Martin's famous "Skunk Works" was developing an air-launched UCAV named "the Minion". Details released describe it as having a launch weight of 3,400 kilograms (7,500 pounds) and able to carry a reconnaissance payload, a jammer system, a high-power microwave weapon, or four 100 kilogram (220 pound) GPS-guided small-diameter bombs. It could also be used as a decoy, though it would need to have radar-enhancement payload as it is described as extremely stealthy.

Range is given as up to 1,850 kilometers (1,000 nautical miles). Two would be carried into combat by a single strike fighter such as a Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor, with one under each wing, and launched from standoff distances to attack heavily defended targets. In practice, two strike fighters are expected to be used, launching four Minions, with the pilot of one aircraft watching out for threats while the other directs the UCAVs over a line-of-sight communications link. After the mission, the Minions would return to base and land conventionally on retractable landing gear en.wikipedia.org...


Plus one ATS Thread:
www.abovetopsecret.com...

There does not seem to be much on the Minotaur out there. Ive looked online but I was hoping one of our resident experts may have a book or two at home with more information.


reply posted on 18-12-2008 @ 02:04 AM by ajsr71
reply to post by FredT



The attched link has some data and a picture of the Minion + other UCAVs

MINION PICTURE


reply posted on 29-10-2009 @ 09:28 PM by autosellers
reply to post by FredT

Nothing secret about. The Minotaur I, a four stage solid propellant rocket, couples components of retired Minuteman II missiles with upper stage components from the commercial Pegasus rocket to create a low-cost launch vehicle and has a 100-percent success rate
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