Melpar E-45 Axillary, a 100-pound Harassment RPV defense suppression aircraft, or expendable drone, designed under DARPA contract in 1973-1975.
United States Air Force
1975-03-12
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/imgsrv/download/pdf?id=mdp.39015076083891;orient=0;size=100;seq=300;attachment=0">Fiscal year 1976 and July-September 1976 transition period authorization for military procurement</a>, Statement of Col. Ward W. Hemenway, System Program Director, Air Force Electronic Warfare Programs, pt. 8, p. 4326