Darpa Funding New Ship-Based UAV Launch System

Credit: Fury: Lockheed Martin
As part of its Tern maritime UAV program, Darpa is pursuing a new method of launching and recovering conventional fixed-wing UAVs on small-ship flight decks. Insitu’s 50-lb. ScanEagle is operating routinely from U.S. Navy ships by snagging a wire dangling from a crane to recover to the launch vessel...

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