DARPA and NASA demonstrate world's first 'hands-off' autonomous air-to-air refuelling using satellite-guided probe

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DARPA and NASA have demonstrated what is claimed to be the world's first "hands-off" autonomous air refuelling engagement using a satellite-guided approach system invented by Sierra Nevada (SNC).

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