DARPA TEMP Program (IMAGE)

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DARPA TEMP Program

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This is the parafoil unmanned air-delivery system -- a low-cost, propeller-driven air vehicle that uses a parachute for lift and carries urgent supplies from the container ship to stricken areas on shore. DARPA's Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform (TEMP) program has completed the design of innovative technologies to transform commercial container ships into self-contained floating supply bases during disaster relief operations, without needing port infrastructure.

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