How you could develop US military tech — The Blueprint
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- ANCILLARY will develop and demonstrate the technologies required for a VTOL aircraft
- The main challenges are takeoff weight, payload needs, mission endurance objectives, and propulsion
- The technology has potential commercial uses too, including air taxis
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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has a new program called the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY X-Plane (ANCILLARY).
The system, which uses Tesla technology, went online earlier than originally planned due to predicted energy shortages.