DARPA signs an agreement with Boeing to develop and fly the company’s SolarEagle under DARPA’s Vulture II demonstration program, designed to produce an unmanned aircraft that can operate continuously on-station in the stratosphere for at least five years. Boeing expects first flight in 2014.
The Air Force conducted its first successful test of the Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, on May 14, snapping a streak of three consecutive failed tests and giving the beleaguered hypersonics program a much needed boost. Off the coast of Southern California, the AGM-183A ARRW separated from the wing…