DARPA has caught a Gremlin drone in midair

Re:DARPA has caught a Gremlin drone in midair by randerson on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:09AM (#29174771)

Wouldn't it be easier to just fly the drone in through the back door of the C-130?

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Re:DARPA has caught a Gremlin drone in midair by ceejayoz on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:12AM (#29174805)

Probably substantially riskier. If you miss or go in too fast, you take out the C-130.

That said, helicopters already do it with boats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz24kWbFxRY

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Re:DARPA has caught a Gremlin drone in midair by randerson on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:14AM (#29174826)

I imagined some sort of a net to catch it. But, you're right.

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Re:DARPA has caught a Gremlin drone in midair by upofadown on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @10:35AM (#29175764)

Stuff can't fly when the airspeed drops to zero. The drone would not be able to stay in the wind shadow of the mothership and would drop down below it.

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