DARPA has selected 4 teams for its air-recoverable UAV program

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Phase 1 contracts to four teams for its Gremlins program.

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Graphic: DARPA

Composite Engineering; Dynetics; General Atomics Aeronautical Systems; and Lockheed Martin will have to prove that their solutions will allow a unmanned aerial vehicle to be able to safely launch and recovered in mid-air.