DARPA still plans on giving out more ICARUS awards to other companies. An agency of the US Department of Defence, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), has provided two companies with $5.2m to develop delivery drones that will shatter into dust upon completing their mission. The drones, which are designed for use in a variety of military and commercial applications, have been developed by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, based out of Bethesda, Maryland, and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, headquartered in San DZYNE Technologies and Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), are to enter a second phase of testing and development on the project, after which the DoD hopes to have aircraft that can become untraceable after dropping into enemy territory.
An agency of the US Department of Defence, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), has provided two companies with $5.2m to develop delivery drones that will shatter into dust upon completing their mission. The drones, which are designed for use in a variety of military and commercial applications, have been developed by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, based out of Bethesda, Maryland, and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, headquartered in San DZYNE Technologies and Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), are to enter a second phase of testing and development on the project, after which the DoD hopes to have aircraft that can become untraceable after dropping into enemy territory.