Gremlins program successfully retrieves drone in mid-flight

摘要

One X-61A Gremlins drone was recovered by a C-130 as part of a long-awaited successful demonstration of the program's airborne retrieval system, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced today. It appears last month's test did not showcase repeated in-flight captures of a single drone or the collection of multiples within 30 minutes - elements Dynetics' Gremlins team lead told Inside Defense in September officials were hoping to demonstrate this fall but weren't mentioned in DARPA's press release today.