DARPA's Gremlins program on Track for first Demonstration Flights in 2019

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is progressing toward its plan to demonstrate airborne launch and recovery of multiple unmanned aerial systems (UASs), targeted for late 2019. Now in its third and final phase, the goal for the Gremlins program is to develop a full-scale technology demonstration featuring the air recovery of multiple low-cost, reusable UASs, or “gremlins.” Read more

DARPA’s Gremlins program is working to allow small unmanned aircraft systems to carry more advanced payloads by enabling UAS to be launched/recovered in volleys by a host aircraft
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