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  • Northrop to Design Autonomous VTOL Aircraft Demonstrator Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Design Autonomous VTOL Aircraft Demonstrator Under DARPA Program

    Northrop Grumman will design an autonomous aircraft system capable of taking off from and landing vertically on a moving naval ship at sea. Under a new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program, the contractor said Thursday it will develop an AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY demonstrator with increased payload capacity and endurance to support […] More

  • DARPA Taps 9 Companies to Develop VTOL Drone Designs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps 9 Companies to Develop VTOL Drone Designs

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has named nine companies to develop and demonstrate conceptual designs for an uncrewed aerial system with vertical landing and takeoff, and long endurance leap-ahead capabilities. The AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY initiative seeks to develop and flight demonstrate a VTOL aircraft that can be deployed and recovered from […] More

  • DARPA Seeking Proposals for Infrastructure-less Launch, Recovery UAS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeking Proposals for Infrastructure-less Launch, Recovery UAS Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has released a solicitation for a new development and demonstration program for an unmanned X-plane capable of vertical landing and take-off and long endurance leap-ahead in small spaces. The SAM.gov notice posted on Thursday centers on the Advanced Aircraft Infrastructure-less Launch and Recovery, or ANCILLARY, project. DARPA is looking […] More