DARPA Selects Six Companies To Continue In Long-Endurance VTOL UAS Program

ANCILLARY design concept renderings from all six performers, clockwise from lower left: Sikorsky, Karem Aircraft, Griffon Aerospace, Method Aeronautics, AeroVironment, Northrop Grumman. Image: DARPA

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) this week said it selected six companies to continue in the risk reduction and component testing phase of its program to develop vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) in support of Navy and Marine Corps missions. The mix of traditional and non-traditional defense contractors selected include AeroVironment [AVAV], Griffon Aerospace, Karem Aircraft, Method Aeronautics, Northrop Grumman [NOC], and Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky business unit for Phase 1b of the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less…

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DARPA Selects Six Companies To Continue In Long-Endurance VTOL UAS Program

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