DARPA AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) UAS

[raptor82]

？TERN(mini) is back?

DARPA ANCILLARY：

https://twitter.com/x/status/1793390277865984270

View: https://x.com/lockheedmartin/status/1793390277865984270?s=46&t=5THFve96Abhx7VANdlTzrg

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[Forest Green]

https://www.defensenews.com/unmanne...twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_dfn

 

[Scott Kenny]

https://www.defensenews.com/unmanne...twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_dfn

Still surprised that nobody has used the XF5U shape for the TERN drones...

 

[TomS]

From another discussion, Karem looks like it may be making progress on its ANCILLARY entry: There are FAA registrations for three aircraft under the designation TR-8 that could be their ANCILLAIARY design.

The entry for N362ZK says it has a 2-cycle engine. This aircraft clearly has turboprops.

The entry also says N362ZK is designated a TR-8. Based on the TR-36 and TR-53, Karem's naming convention for tiltrotors seems to be TR-[rotor diameter in feet]. If so, TR-8 is much smaller than this design.

ETA: Interestingly, there are three aircraft designated as Karem TR-8s, all registered on November 27, 2024. Serial 00001 is N362ZK, Serial 00002 is N102KA and Serial 00003 is N477DM. Do those codes suggest anything to anyone else?


https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/MMSResult?Statetxt=CA&Mmstxt=06102I9&Countrytxt=US

My hunch is that the Karem TR-8 is their entry in the DARPA Ancillary project:

https://www.darpa.mil/news/2024/vtol-uncrewed-aerial-systems
https://imanetwork.org/karem-aircraft-design-advances-in-darpa-ancillary-drone-program/

 

[VTOLicious]

My hunch is that the Karem TR-8 is their entry in the DARPA Ancillary project:

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Interesting, apparently this is not a tail-sitter but a tilt-rotor aircraft.

 

[Aeroweanie]

DARPA’s six concepts (clockwise from lower left): Sikorsky, Karem Aircraft, Griffon Aerospace, Method Aeronautics, AeroVironment and Northrop Grumman.

 

[TomcatViP]

View: https://youtu.be/GH9nt8FdZy8?si=8YAIA7KV3IxUrYTB

 

[VTOLicious]

Pretty much the same concept as Boeing's Heliwing (1995)... https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/boeing-patents.2420/post-22183

 

[raptor82]

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/sikorsky-nomad-vtol-drone/

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EYgqlfCbrQ0

 

[yasotay]

It will be interessting to see if SIK/LMCO can elicit any interest in this. I am intrigued by the claim of turbine generated elecrical drive systems.

 

[DWG]

It's not immediately obvious, but if you look at the family pic, the larger two iterations appear to have an engine in only the port side nacelle, there's no intake or exhaust nozzle to starboard.

 

[TomcatViP]

Northrop showcases LEIGH AEROSYSTEMS CORP UAS in an add (notice the registration nbr - and the innovative swiveling 2 strokes engine mount)

(other interesting aeronautical thingies in that add - F/A-XX?!)

View: https://youtu.be/gPNLrTPnbPs

 

[rx78]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPNLrTPnbPs&pp=ygUIbm9ydGhyb3A%3D

 

[mithril]

I think that project designation qualifies as the worst attempt at a backronym I've ever seen

 

[VTOLicious]

Interesting that they make the effort to fold the wings for takeoff/landing...

 

[TomcatViP]

Landing pad restrictions and wind gusts alleviation.

 

[flateric]

Let's it hang here so far

 

[Hydroman]

This program deserves gobs of funding just for the program acronym!

 

[Scott Kenny]

This program deserves gobs of funding just for the program acronym!

Are you kidding?

That is one of the most tortured acronyms I've ever seen!

 

[TomcatViP]

Kudo to @raptor82 or whoever took the time to correctly put that tittle. Guys, look at it a second time

 

[robunos]

That's almost as good as some of the ones they use for Clinical Trials . . .

 

[Scott Kenny]

Kudo to @raptor82 or whoever took the time to correctly put that tittle. Guys, look at it a second time

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Yeah, that's why I'm saying it's tortured.

AAILLAR -> ANCILLARY