AFRL To Demo Sense-And-Avoid Using Northrop’s Firebird

Credit: Air Force Research Laboratory
Flight testing of airborne sense-and-avoid technology for U.S. Air Force unmanned aircraft is set to transition from a Learjet manned surrogate to Northrop Grumman’s optionally piloted Firebird to demonstrate that the system can be applied to different platforms without redevelopment. Under its...
Graham Warwick

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