X-61A Gremlins Recoverable Unmanned Air Vehicle Demonstrator Family
The X-61A Gremlins was a family of reusable unmanned air vehicles developed under DARPA’s Gremlins program to demonstrate air launch, autonomous formation flight, and airborne recovery of distributed UASs. The first flight test in late 2019 launched an X-61A from a C-130 for more than 90 minutes; later tests validated formation flying and recovery-system approaches for reusable airborne operations.
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Identity
- Aliases
- X-61AGremlins Air VehicleGAVGremlins
- Family Name
- X-61A Gremlins
- Full Name
- X-61A Gremlins Recoverable Unmanned Air Vehicle Demonstrator Family
- Roles
- militaryresearchexperimentaltechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The X-61A Gremlins was a family of reusable unmanned air vehicles developed under DARPA’s Gremlins program to demonstrate air launch, autonomous formation flight, and airborne recovery of distributed UASs. The first flight test in late 2019 launched an X-61A from a C-130 for more than 90 minutes; later tests validated formation flying and recovery-system approaches for reusable airborne operations.
- First Flight Year
- 2,019
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 21:48:30 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 21:48:30 UTC