Gremlins Project Aims To Wreak Havoc With Enemy Defenses

Aviation Week (online registration required): While the Pentagon pursues capabilities such as “arsenal planes” deploying scores of guided weapons and F-16s ejecting microdrones from flare dispensers, its advanced research agency is looking a step ahead. Darpa is working on airborne launch and recovery of volleys of cooperating unmanned aircraft to swamp enemy defenses. The agency has selected four teams for Phase 1 of its Gremlins program to demonstrate launch and recovery in flight of multiple limited-life UAVs able to ...

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