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Huge Manta Ray Underwater Drone Looks Like A Docked Star Wars Spaceship
We are finally getting an idea of the size of the sci-fi-looking Manta Ray drone thanks to satellite imagery.
Manta Ray is being developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program that is focused on demonstrating a new category of very-long-endurance uncrewed naval platform that could be configured to perform a host of different missions. Northrop Grumman did note the potential challenges to operationalizing the design due to its size and highlighted steps it has taken to mitigate those issues in an internal news item it put out earlier this month. The unique craft, which completed an initial round of in-water testing off the coast of southern California between February and March, is powered, via a pair of propellers on its ‘wing tips.’ More specific details about its propulsion system are scant.
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