DARPA/ONR To Develop VTOL Successor To ScanEagle

Northrop Grumman was under contract to build three Tern demonstrators when the program was terminated.
Credit: Northrop Grumman
DARPA and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) plan to launch a joint project to develop a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) tactical unmanned aircraft system that could replace the Insitu ScanEagle and eliminate any reliance on launch and recovery infrastructure. The Ancillary project (for Advanced...
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