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Silent Arrow Glider to Be Modified for Swarm Cargo Deployments Under AFRL Contract

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021

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Silent Arrow Glider to Be Modified for Swarm Cargo Deployments Under AFRL Contract

The one-ton Silent Arrow GD-2000, shown here being deployed from a U.S. C-130, is to be scaled down for humanitarian and tactical markets (Yates Electrospace Photo)

California-based Yates Electrospace Corp. is to develop modifications of its Silent Arrow glider under an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract for swarm deployments at high speeds and altitudes, the company said on Nov. 29. The contract, "Guided Bundle Derivative of Silent Arrow® for Side Door and Palletized Swarm Deployment at High Speeds and Altitudes," took effect on Nov. 12, Yates Electrospace said. Under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract, the commercial 2,000-pound GD-2000 Silent Arrow glider "will…

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