Debrief: Changing How The Pentagon Buys UAS—That’s DARPA-Hard

: Aerovironment  Caption: Aerovironment’s tailsitting Wildcat is one of the VTOL UAS being tested under DARPA’s Evade “sprint”

Aerovironment’s tail-sitting Wildcat is one of the VTOL UAS being tested under DARPA’s Evade “sprint.”

Credit: Aerovironment
A DARPA program that, on the surface, set out to demonstrate a new class of uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) has morphed into a drive to transform the way the services acquire capability in a bid to keep up with rapid advances in drone technology. The Ancillary program (for Advanced Aircraft...
Graham Warwick

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