Five companies get contracts for DARPA’s MALE UAV for small ships program

Carter Aviation Technologies, Northrop Grumman and Aurora Flight Sciences have join AeroVironment and MAPC in DARPA’s medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle program for small ships.

The Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) program seeks to overcome limitations of Navy shipboard aircraft surveillance.

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