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Darpa Funding New Ship-Based UAV Launch System

Graham Warwick February 07, 2017
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...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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