DARPA posted solicitation for the Gremlins program

DARPA has posted a solicitation for the industry to participate in the phase one of its Gremlins program – the demonstration of safe and reliable aerial launch and recovery of multiple unmanned aircraft.

Graphic: DARPA

The ideal UAV should be reused as many as 20 times while flying missions in contested airspace. It should be designed to fly in a pack and surviving aircraft will take over the mission profile of another UAV lost during the flight.

Source: DARPA posted solicitation for the Gremlins program