https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a627813f-2969-4198-aa32-53bad15f3e75 This 35-second video taken March 5, 2007 shows the Ikhana remotely-piloted aircraft taking off. Ikhana, an MQ-9 Predator B aircraft, was built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., and is flown by NASA's Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center. Ikhana is a Native American Choctaw word meaning intelligent, conscious, or aware. The name is descriptive of the research goals NASA has established for the aircraft and its related systems. To learn more about Ikhana visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-097-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/5KQVe6Rw4_A Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:57:52 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a627813f-2969-4198-aa32-53bad15f3e75 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.