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DARPA To Fly VTOL Tail Sitter Drone From Frigates and Destroyers

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The Tern drone is shaped like a flying wing, with a span of about nine meters. Four control surfaces on the trailing edge, and four non retractable landing gears. The objective platform will be able to carry a payload of  payload of up to 270 kg (600 lb.) over a distance of 1,670 km (900 nm). The Tern demonstrator will be able to about 500 lbs of weight over 600 nm. Photo: DARPADARPA awarded Northrop Grumman US$93 million for under the 3rd phase of the Tern program. The company will develop and demonstrate an innovative unmanned tail-sitting, flying-wing aircraft

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