The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is exploring whether it would be possible to turn an existing plane into a flying fortress capable of launching drones.

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Included with the visit were mission briefs, meetings with military leadership, and the test launch of an ICBM that was equipped with targetable re-entry vehicles from the Airborne Launch Control ...

The San Bernardino County Fire Department is negotiating to buy three more drones after conducting a pilot program in which ...

The company aims to build a massive aircraft that will act as an airborne launch system, releasing a booster mid-flight that ignites to send cargo, satellites and, eventually, people into orbit ...

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Noteworthy, an E-6 Mercury plane took an active part to the launch. Acting as an Airborne Command Post, the “doomsday” plane initiated the launch using the Airborne Launch Control System.

A NASA-backed program to launch research balloons is designed to study the atmosphere while training students.