Darpa has invited people to submit ideas for a ‘flying aircraft carrier’
Could the Avengers’ Helicarrier become a reality? US military is developing a flying aircraft carrier to launch swarms of drones
- Darpa has invited people to submit ideas for a ‘flying aircraft carrier’
- The concept resembles Helicarrier used in the 2012 film, The Avengers
- It could overcome current limits in speed, range and endurance of drones
- Project may use a plane like the B-1B Lancer bomber or C-130 Hercules
Captain America, the Hulk and Iron Man relied on the incredible ‘Helicarrier’ to launch their planes from the air in the 2012 The Avengers film.
And now, the US military is taking a leaf out of Marvel’s comic after it invited people to submit ideas for future ‘aircraft carriers in the sky.’
The hope is that these flying fortresses will someday carry, launch and recover multiple swarms of drones anywhere in the world.
According to Darpa – the Pentagon’s advanced military technology research agency – military air operations typically rely on large, manned, robust aircraft.
But such missions put these expensive aircraft, and their pilots, at risk.
Is comet 67P actually an alien spaceship?
Conspiracy theorists claim Rosetta is on a secret mission to make contact
- UFO believers claim Europe’s comet mission had a hidden task
- They said comet 67P is actually an alien spaceship that is sending signals
- And they claim Esa sent the Rosetta spacecraft there to make contact
- Bizarre claims were apparently exposed by an anonymous ‘whistle blower’
- Yesterday, Esa’s Philae lander completed the first ever landing on a comet
- The historic moment has been heralded as one of humanity’s greatest achievements in space exploration
With every pivotal moment in human history, it seems a conspiracy theory is not far behind.
When men first landed on the moon, people soon claimed that the achievement had in fact been faked in a studio in Hollywood.
And when Nasa landed its Curiosity rover on Mars, some were adamant the agency had fooled us all by filming it in Nevada.
And now, after Esa completed humanity’s first ever landing on a comet, so-called UFO experts have claimed 67P is not a comet at all – but in fact a spaceship.
One of the most bizarre claims was made by Scott Waring of the website UFO Sightings Daily.
He said he had received an email from an anonymous Esa ‘whistle blower’ that claimed intelligent-sounding signals had been received from comet 67PChuryumov-Gerasimenko 20 years ago and the object is actually an alien ship in disguise.
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