X-61 Gremlin Military Drone Catching Claw

New footage has emerged of a groundbreaking military development that could open a new age of drone warfare for the United States and its allies. In the short video produced and published by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA, a massive C-130 aircraft can be seen flying over a desert landscape.

The cargo plane then deploys a recovery latch device similar to those used by tanker planes to refuel other aircraft. Soon after, we see a military class drone approaching the end of the latch while it performs various adjustments and maneuvers to align itself properly to the latch device.

The stakes couldn’t have been higher; never has a military drone been recovered mid-flight, and an earlier test the same day resulted in an unfortunate crash.

The implications of a successful mid-air recovery system for military drones are tremendous, and if everything works according to plan, the US military could soon deploy swarms of military drones simultaneously, exponentially increasing their effectiveness and firepower.

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