Northrop Grumman has teamed with Israeli Aerospace Industries to build and launch operational all weather, day/night surveillance satellites in “ responsive production cycle,” states a company release. The plan is to provide low-cost, rapid response—about 28 months—system that “complements both existing and US military and intelligence community capabilities being developed.”
Sikorsky is pitching a modified "U-Hawk" version of older UH-60 Black Hawk series helicopters as autonomous resupply aircraft with additional capabilities as missile or drone swarm launchers.
