DARPA Opens Search For Novel, Uncrewed Heavy-Lifter

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A new DARPA program proposes to demonstrate an unorthodox uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) that can haul nearly twice the 36,000-lb. maximum payload of a Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion. A request for information (RFI) published on Sept. 23 for the Cost Efficient Cargo (CEC) program points to another in...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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