{"id":24671,"date":"2016-04-14T16:01:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T23:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/now-that-drones-have-become-a-standard-tool-in-our-military-arsenal-the-next-job-is-to-make-them-more-efficient-and-capable-than-ever-before"},"modified":"2017-04-26T13:29:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T20:29:17","slug":"now-that-drones-have-become-a-standard-tool-in-our-military-arsenal-the-next-job-is-to-make-them-more-efficient-and-capable-than-ever-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/now-that-drones-have-become-a-standard-tool-in-our-military-arsenal-the-next-job-is-to-make-them-more-efficient-and-capable-than-ever-before","title":{"rendered":"Now that drones have become a standard tool in our military arsenal, the next job is to make them more efficient and capable than ever before"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DARPA\u2019s newest invention is the Gremlin<\/a>: a drone that be deployed from a bomber while in flight, execute its mission, and then return to an extraction point where a cargo plane yanks it out of the sky and brings it safely home.<\/p>\n

The drones are capable of flying unmanned, but being able to retrieve them makes them reusable, which is both cost-effective and convenient. But drone retrieval also protects U.S. military technology and secrets. Sending fleets of tiny Gremlins on intelligence-gathering missions is one thing, but being able to recapture them instead of leaving them in the hands of hostiles is a huge boon to the military. Gremlin drones have up to three hours to accomplish reconnaissance missions, at which time they automatically fly back to a retrieval area to be collected by a C-130 cargo plane.<\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong> DARPA\u2019s 130-foot submarine-hunting drone will take to the sea in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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