U.S. Air Force Receives ‘Grasshopper’ Autonomous Gliders to Deliver Cargo in Contested Environments
AFRL and the developer DZYNE said the Grasshopper offers low-cost standoff cargo delivery and troop resupply in contested, high-risk environments The U.S. Air Force has received “several dozen” units of the Grasshopper autonomously-navigated gliders that will substitute larger manned aircraft for cargo deliveries in risky, air-defended environments, officials from contractor DZYNE told Air and Space […] The post U.S. Air Force Receives ‘Grasshopper’ Autonomous Gliders to Deliver Cargo in Contested Environments appeared first on The Aviationist.
AFRL and the developer DZYNE said the Grasshopper offers low-cost standoff cargo delivery and troop resupply in contested, high-risk environments The U.S. Air Force has received “several dozen” units of the Grasshopper autonomously-navigated gliders that will substitute larger manned aircraft for cargo deliveries in risky, air-defended environments, officials from contractor DZYNE told Air and Space […]
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