Flying Trucks - Coming to a Highway Near You
DARPA's ARES Program Flying trucks for US combat troops in the midst of battle. The US Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, has an ambitious program well underway to rapidly supply and also evacuate troops in volatile circumstances with flying trucks. The code name is ARES, Aerial Reconfigurable Enabled Systems. Vehicles that drive and fly nimbly and with speed. ARES is part of DARPA's Transformer program which has been very successful in the development of flying cars. ARES Awesome Military Technology DARPA's flying trucks are dual-function vehicles for high speed vertical takeoffs and landings. They hover and land with two tilting fans. The vehicles are capable of high speeds during flight. To reduce ground threats, DARPA researchers focus on unmanned, autonomous aerial logistics systems. Aerial threat evasion from, for example surface to air missiles, is being built in. Also resistance to ...