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Graham Warwick
May 11, 2026
Wingtip vertical surfaces have been added to the flying-wing XRQ-73 for initial flight tests. 
DARPA’s Hybrid-Electric Shepard Flies After long delays, Northrop Grumman has flown an experimental hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft designed under a DARPA X-Prime project to develop a minimum viable product to meet an urgent operational need. Designated the XRQ-73, the flying-wing aircraft has…
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