What's Next? Flying Aircraft Carriers Of Course

[Rightguide]

This is probably further along than we think:

Air Force Could Test "Flying Aircraft Carriers" as Early as Next Year
January 01, 2018, 07:03:00 AM EDT By Rich Smith, Motley Fool

The movies were right: Gremlins are real.

Or at least they will be if DARPA -- the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency -- has anything to say about it. As we learned this week from our friends at the Navy Times , DARPA is moving ahead on its effort to create a fleet of flying aircraft carriers, which it calls the "Gremlins" program, with demonstration flights scheduled to begin sometime next year.

Story here:

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/air-f...craft-carriers-as-early-as-next-year-cm898778

 

[BotanyBoy]

Badass.....C-130's are the greatest workhorse air platform ever.

But if I had to pick a favorite.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d6/5d/56/d65d56fc22ba41d3e252dc173faea77a.jpg

 

[John Blackhawk]

Seems like a cool enough concept but the mothership in question needs to be large enough to handle the drones in question.

 

[Rightguide]

Seems like a cool enough concept but the mothership in question needs to be large enough to handle the drones in question.

And stealthy enough to penetrate enemy airspace as well.

 

[Saint_Ann]

https://theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Skynet.jpg

 

[Que]

Badass.....C-130's are the greatest workhorse air platform ever.

But if I had to pick a favorite.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d6/5d/56/d65d56fc22ba41d3e252dc173faea77a.jpg

Spooky!

 

[Richard_P_Feynman]

With drone miniaturization, future motherships don't need to be very large.

 

[oggbashan]

The US had them in the 1930s. Fighter planes launched from blimps.

USS Akron and Macon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_aircraft_carrier

 

[Dribble]

Hmmmm....started this project more than 2 yrs ago? Bet that just rubs your balls wrong. That means....no....it cant be true...this was started when the other administration was calling the shots lol.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Hmmmm....started this project more than 2 yrs ago? Bet that just rubs your balls wrong. That means....no....it cant be true...this was started when the other administration was calling the shots lol.

Obama had no qualms whatsoever about blowing people up with drones as I recall.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Obama had no qualms whatsoever about blowing people up with drones as I recall.

THAT was different........because Obama is progress!!

Now shut up or you're a Nazi.

 

[oggbashan]

Dual seaplanes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYtazEBQ1K8

 

[Colonel Hogan]

Obama had no qualms whatsoever about blowing people up with drones as I recall.

Neither did I really. What I could never understand was why he had severe qualms about "torturing" them by shoving them up against a wall or keeping them awake by playing loud music.

Go figure.

 

[thør]

http://media.moddb.com/cache/images/groups/1/3/2044/thumb_620x2000/1275268399541.jpg

It' a recycled idea.

 

[Saint_Ann]

https://www.southfloridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/files/2014/06/Drones-vs-Peace.jpg

 

[oddity83]

About time we got back to this concept. Now when can I get my flying car? Or maglev train in the USA we could use a few.

 

[bluekitty69]

This is probably further along than we think:

Air Force Could Test "Flying Aircraft Carriers" as Early as Next Year
January 01, 2018, 07:03:00 AM EDT By Rich Smith, Motley Fool

The movies were right: Gremlins are real.

Or at least they will be if DARPA -- the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency -- has anything to say about it. As we learned this week from our friends at the Navy Times , DARPA is moving ahead on its effort to create a fleet of flying aircraft carriers, which it calls the "Gremlins" program, with demonstration flights scheduled to begin sometime next year.

Story here:

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/air-f...craft-carriers-as-early-as-next-year-cm898778

Big deal S.H.I.E.L.D has had them for years!