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January 03, 2016

Tern moves closer to full-scale demonstration of VTOL UAVs for small ships
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 01, 2016
Small-deck ships such as destroyers and frigates could greatly increase their effectiveness if they had their own unmanned air systems (UASs) to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and other capabilities at long range around the clock. Current state-of-the-art UASs, however, lack the ability to take off and land from confined spaces in rough seas and achieve efficient long-duration flight. Tern, a joint program between DARPA and the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR ... read more

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