Northrop Grumman [NOC], the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center have made major progress toward demonstrating autonomous aerial refueling between two unmanned, high altitude aircraft, according to the company. In a key risk reduction flight test on Jan. 21, Northrop Grumman's Proteus test aircraft and a NASA Global Hawk flew as close as 40 feet apart at an altitude of 45,000 feet, an industry-setting record. The flight test was conducted in the challenging high…
Landmark Flight Moves KQ-X Program Toward Unmanned Aerial Refueling
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