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DARPA, Industry Partners Laud Successful Initial Gremlins Flight Test

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, January 23rd, 2020

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DARPA, Industry Partners Laud Successful Initial Gremlins Flight Test

DARPA Gremlins test flight. Photo: (DARPA)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) completed the initial flight test of the X-61A unmanned aerial system under Phase 3 of its Gremlins drone swarming program late last fall, the agency and industry partners announced this week. The test, which took place in late November 2019 at the Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, involved one captive-carry mission on an Air Force C-130A transport aircraft and an airborne launch and free flight, which lasted about 90 minutes, DARPA said…

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