Ancillary is an X-plane program to demonstrate a ship-based long-endurance VTOL unmanned aircraft.
Credit: DARPA
The U.S. Navy wants to operate large UAVs from ships other than aircraft carriers but lacks a means to launch and recover them. A new program seeks a “revolutionary” solution from industry. A request for information (RFI) released by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, New...
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