Pentagon moves closer to ‘swarming drones’ capability with new systems test
by Aaron Gregg May 6 at 12:30 PM
Flying aircraft carriers that launch and recover fleets of small, inexpensive drones could soon be part of the U.S. military arsenal, as the Pentagon works with private technology partners to engineer that vision into reality.
In late April the Pentagon’s Âadvanced research-and-development arm, known as DARPA, awarded a 21-month, $38.6 million contract to Dynetics, a Huntsville, Ala.-based company that has an office in Arlington, to work on the software and technology. San Diego-based Kratos, a venture-funded tech company that specializes in cheap drones used for target practice, joined as a subcontractor and will build a new class of drones whose wings can be folded up for easier storage in the belly of a plane.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/pentagon-moves-closer-to-swarming-drones-capability-with-new-systems-test/2018/05/04/61ec01d6-4fc8-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d07d5c050e50
