Northrop Tests Spy Drones That Deploy in a Fake Bomb
The "Remedy" drone from Northrop Grumman
By Patrick Tucker
December 5, 2017
The disposable Remedy is intended to drop from a fighter jet and fly slow enough to avoid radar.
The future of aerial drones behind enemy lines won’t necessarily be big unmanned aircraft like the Reaper taking off from runways and flying hundreds of miles into the teeth of enemy air defenses. Instead, defense contractor Northrop Grumman has developed a small, disposable drone that fits inside a shell that looks like a cluster bomb. The idea: When an F/A-18 drops the fake munition, the drone would pop out, unfold its wings and fly into enemy territory, undetected, to collect data on enemy positions.
http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2017/12/defense-contractor-northrop-grumman-testing-drones-deploy-bomb-shell/144330/?oref=d-mostread
