Gremlin

Abstract

The goal of the Gremlin program is to develop platform technologies that enable a new class of distributed warfare. The Gremlin concept envisions small air-launched unmanned systems that can be responsively dispatched in volley quantity from commodity platforms, fly into contested airspace, conduct a moderate duration mission, and ultimately be recovered. Key enabling technologies for the concept include smaller developmental payloads that benefit from multiple collaborating host platforms. The Gremlin program will conduct risk reduction and development of the host platform launch and recovery capability and develop and demonstrate a recoverable UAV platform concept. Enabling platform technologies will include precision relative navigation, advanced computational modeling, variable geometry stores, compact propulsion systems, and high speed digital flight control. The program will leverage these technologies, perform analytic trade studies, conduct incremental development, and ultimately demonstrate the potential for an integrated air-launched Gremlin unmanned platform.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
a06f8ce81eadcf47d6f094a6d465b4e0

Tags

Readers

  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites

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