DefenceTalkWith Phase 3 award, program aims to deliver embedded capabilities that have been on the U.S. Navy’s wish list since World War II 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 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/darpa-northrop-develop-unmanned-vtol-flying-wing-small-us-navy-ships-66208/

DefenceTalkEffective 21st-century warfare requires the ability to conduct airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike mobile targets anywhere, around the clock. Current technologies, however, have their limitations. Helicopters are relatively limited in the distance and flight time. Fixed-wing manned and unmanned aircraft can fly farther and longer but require either aircraft carriers or large, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/darpas-new-tern-program-aims-for-eyes-in-the-sky-from-the-sea-47038/