US military developing radical ‘tailsitter’ drone that can land anywhere and carry as much weaponry as a Predator

SOURCE:DailyMail It is set to be the predator that can land anywhere. Northrop Grumman has revealed a flying-wing tailsitter drone it says does not need a runway. Instead, it simply lands on its tail – a design first tested in the 1950s. The design is part of Northrop’s proposal for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tern programme. […]

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