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Unmanned Systems

DARPA’s UAV LongShot Project Begins To Use Air-To-Air Weapons

Tuesday, February 16th, 2021

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DARPA’s UAV LongShot Project Begins To Use Air-To-Air Weapons

Concept art of DARPA's LongShot, an air-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with the ability to employ multiple air-to-air weapons. (Image: DARPA)

The Pentagon is launching a new unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to engage opponents in air-to-air combat with the LongShot program. On Feb. 8, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced it awarded contracts to General Atomics, Lockheed Martin [LMT], and Northrop Grumman [NOC] for preliminary Phase I design work for LongShot. LongShot aims to develop an air-launched UAV that can use multiple air-to-air weapons. The overall objective “is to develop a novel UAV that can significantly extend engagement ranges,…

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