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DARPA Soliciting For Long Endurance VTOL UAS For Navy And Marine Corps

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, December 2nd, 2022

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DARPA Soliciting For Long Endurance VTOL UAS For Navy And Marine Corps

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency last week issued a solicitation for proposals for long endurance, vertical takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned air systems deployed from Navy surface combatants and forward deployed Marine Corps locations for the purposes of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (ISR/T). Multiple awards are planned for the four-year AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) X-Plane program, with abstracts due by Jan. 6, 2023, and oral presentations expected to be made in late March or early April. DARPA…

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