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DARPA builds No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS)
Navy / Maritime Logistics Unmanned Systems

DARPA builds No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS)

DARPA invests in unmanned surface vessels. The Agency announced that it is moving into Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program.

DARPA Tests the OpFires Ground-Launched Hypersonic Missile
Weapon / Missile

DARPA Tests the OpFires Ground-Launched Hypersonic Missile

According to DARPA, the Operational Fires (OpFires) ground-launched hypersonic missile system has successfully executed its first flight test at White Sands .

DARPA unveils heavy-lift seaplane's design: Liberty Lifter
Navy / Maritime Air

DARPA unveils heavy-lift seaplane's design: Liberty Lifter

DARPA has revealed ambitions to develop and flight test an experimental low-cost, wing-in-ground effect-capable seaplane for long-range.

A400M Becomes “Mothership” for UAVs
Air Unmanned Systems

A400M Becomes “Mothership” for UAVs

An A400M successfully air-launched a Do-DT25 drone from its rear cargo ramp door.

DARPA Presented First Autonomous BLACK HAWK Helicopter
Air Unmanned Systems

DARPA Presented First Autonomous BLACK HAWK Helicopter

The DARPA Aircrew Labour In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program completed the first-ever flight of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter with empty cockpit.

Gremlins Program Demonstrates Airborne Recovery
Unmanned Systems

Gremlins Program Demonstrates Airborne Recovery

DARPA announced that it managed the airborne recovery of unmanned air vehicles at the Gremlins Program with two X-61 Gremlin Air Vehicles (GAV).

The US Concludes Mobile Force Protection Program
Unmanned Systems

The US Concludes Mobile Force Protection Program

DARPA’s Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program passed Counter-Unmanned Air System (C-UAS) multilayer defence architecture tests.