Surface Navy is interested in UAS helicopter to operate from small ship

By Lee Hudson / January 20, 2017 at 6:21 PM
The surface Navy is interested in technology similar to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research's unmanned aerial system that can fly vertically and horizontally from a small ship, according to a service official. Rear Adm. Ronald Boxall, surface warfare director in the office of the chief of naval operations (N96), told Inside the Navy Jan. 10 after his presentation at the Surface Navy Association's annual symposium in Arlington, VA, the joint DARPA and ONR...

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