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Darpa Seeks Ideas for Unmanned-aircraft Host Ship
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks information on "distributed airborne capabilities" involving small unmanned aircraft.
Darpa concept drawing of "distributed airborne capabilities" of a host aircraft and small unmanned aircraft systems. (Image: Darpa)
Darpa concept drawing of "distributed airborne capabilities" of a host aircraft and small unmanned aircraft systems. (Image: Darpa)

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) is seeking industry’s ideas on the feasibility of launching and recovering small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a large host aircraft. The agency published a request for information on providing “distributed airborne capabilities” on November 7, with responses due by later this month.