Project Swamp Gas: why the Pentagon is spending $64m on high-altitude balloons

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by DroneDJ / DroneLife / sUAS News / DroneXL at 02 Oct, 15:16 UTC

The US Air Force has awarded a $64.4 million contract to Aerostar for project Swamp Gas, a secretive initiative to develop stratospheric surveillance balloons capable of bypassing traditional procurement timelines and acting as potential motherships for drones

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• T2Project Swamp Gas: why the Pentagon is spending $64m on high-altitude balloonsDroneDJ / DroneLife / sUAS News / DroneXL02 Oct, 15:16