
The Silent Arrow glider, developed by California-based Yates Electrospace Corp., looks for a Phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) award by AFWERX and the Air Force Research Laboratory this spring for flight testing aboard the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] CV-22 tiltrotor employed by Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). If proven, Silent Arrow would deliver 1,600 pounds of cargo to forward deployed forces from a CV-22 from a distance of up to 40 miles. Such supplies could include 336 MREs…