DARPA’s Gremlin UAVs Could Enable Next Step In Air Warfare

Credit: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
Will the ability for groups of cooperating autonomous aircraft to be launched and recovered by other aircraft, manned and unmanned, be the key to the next evolution in aerial warfare? The teams working on DARPA’s Gremlins program believe it will. Gremlins aims to demonstrate that multiple small UAVs...
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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