Nov 23, 2021
6 min read
DARPA is testing a Flying Aircraft Carrier — Market Mad House
America’s defense research agency could change warfare by perfecting a flying aircraft carrier.
The X-61 Gremlin project will disappoint Marvel and Doctor Who fans because the “mothership” looks nothing like a Queen Elizabeth class carrier. Instead, the flying aircraft carrier is a Lockheed C-130 Hercules cargo plane.
To explain, they dropped three X-61A Gremlin drones out of the back of a C-130 on 29 October 2021. Crew members then caught two of the drones the drones with a long-cable and pulled…
