Northrop Grumman reveals 'tailsitter' drone that can turn ship into aircraft carrier

Radical'tailsitter' drone can carry as much weaponry as a Predator and turn ANY ship into an aircraft carrier Will be used to allow small Navy boats to launch drone attacks 30ft wide tern drone has to have'single wing' design Concept was first tested in the 1950s and will be flown in 2018 Darpa plans to build a full-scale demonstrator system of a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system (UAS) designed to use forward-deployed small ships as mobile launch and recovery sites. Astronomers find water DOES exist... Christmas crackdown on DRONES: FAA tells owners they will... The drone that will CHASE thieves: Security UAV will follow... Astronomers find water DOES exist... Christmas crackdown on DRONES: FAA tells owners they will... The drone that will CHASE thieves: Security UAV will follow... Initial ground-based testing, if successful, would lead to an at-sea demonstration of takeoff, transition to and from horizontal flight, and landing--all from a test platform with a deck size similar to that of a destroyer or other small surface-combat vessel. The American Lockheed XFV (sometimes referred to as the Salmon) was an experimental tailsitter prototype.