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The Orion will be able to cruise at an altitude of 65,000 ft for about 100 hours, powered by reciprocating engines consuming liquid hydrogen fuel. With a gross takeoff weight of 7,000 lbs (3.175 tons) HALL will be able to carry payloads weighing about 400 lbs (181kg).
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Developmed
by Aurora Flight Science and Boeing, the Orion, High Altitude,
Long Loiter (HALL) Unmanned Aerial System is designed for stratospheric
missions. 
The
U.S. Army/SMDC is supporting a team lead by Aurora and Boeing as
a strategic partner, developing two Orion HALL platforms, to demonstrate
the new technology. First flight is expected by 2009. Aurora and
Boeing have also teamed since 2004 on a Boeing-led concept definition
study of a twin-engine, larger unmanned platform designed for missions
over a week long, carrying multi-sensor payloads weighing up to
2,000 lbs. The HALL demonstrator will have a wing span of 132 ft
(40.2 meter) and length of 57 ft (17.4 m').
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