Tag: AFRL

Turbine-Powered ‘Long-Range Grasshopper’ Autonomous Cargo Delivery System Tested by DZYNE

The turbine-powered variant offers ten times the range of the original Grasshopper…

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…

AFRL Showcases Common Chassis Concept for Low-Cost Attritable Drones

The Low Cost Attritable Aircraft Platform Sharing program exploits the biology’s “genus”…

U.S. Air Force Takes Delivery of ‘Midnight’ Electric VTOL Air Taxi as Part of Agility Prime Program

The Agility Prime program aims to test and develop electric VTOL vehicles…

DARPA Announces New XRQ-73 SHEPARD Hybrid Electric Propulsion Demonstrator

The Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration program aims to develop a…

USAF’s XQ-67A Drone Makes First Flight

AFRL announced that its new XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station successfully accomplished its…