DARPA has revealed six low-weight, large-payload VTOL X-plane designs capable of operating from a moving ship at sea.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has shortlisted design concepts for its AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY program.
“The goal of ANCILLARY is to increase small vertical take-off and landing uncrewed aerial system capabilities by a factor of three over the current state-of-the-art flying today,” said Steve Komadina, DARPA program manager for ANCILLARY, in a statement.The selected companies are tasked with seeking innovative methods to enhance payload weight and extend the range/endurance of small, ship-launched unmanned aerial systems .
“A network of these small UAS can be launched from a ship to provide beyond-line-of-sight F2T2 of surface vessels of interest for the ship commander,”
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