NASA Centurion
The NASA Centurion was the third aircraft developed as part of an evolutionary series of solar- and fuel-cell-system-powered unmanned aerial vehicles. AeroVironment, Inc. developed the vehicles under NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) program. They were built to develop the technologies that would allow long-term, high-altitude aircraft to serve as atmospheric satellites, to perform atmospheric research tasks as well as serve as communications platforms. It was developed from the NASA Pathfinder Plus aircraft and was developed into the NASA Helios.
| Centurion | |
|---|---|
| Centurion takes off from Dryden in December, 1998 | |
| Role | Remote controlled UAV |
| Manufacturer | AeroVironment |
| First flight | November 10, 1998 |
| Primary user | NASA ERAST Program |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | NASA Pathfinder |
| Developed into | NASA Helios |
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