She Never Flew: Concepts from the X-44 Manta may have influenced the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, which is developing a sixth-generation fighter to replace the F-22. ...

Diving into the autonomous submarine race, DARPA has awarded contracts to three companies as part of its Manta Ray Program. Intended to support a new generation of long-duration, long-range Unmanned ...

Imagery released today by Northrop Grumman provides a close up view of one of the two rear propellers of the Manta Ray UUV (uncrewed underwater vehicle). Just a few hours after a new 360° video of the ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation completed assembly of a full-size uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) prototype known as Manta Ray. A new class of UUV, it is an extra-large glider that will operate ...

What You Need to Know: The Lockheed Martin X-44 Manta, short for “Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft,” was a groundbreaking stealth fighter concept developed by NASA and the U.S. Air Force in 1999. It was ...

DARPA has awarded Phase 2 contracts in its Manta Ray program, which aims to build a series of underwater drones capable of taking on long-range, long-endurance, autonomous ocean missions without any ...

Nature can be many things: beautiful, strange, ever-changing, and downright bizarre. In the marine world, many species ...