General Atomics teams with Saab on AEW, unveils new air-launched effect
The company also announced the launch of a new launched effect known as the Precision Exportable Launched Effect, or Pele.
The company also announced the launch of a new launched effect known as the Precision Exportable Launched Effect, or Pele.
Next up will be the first test flight with the fully integrated prototype that will add in the payloads and mission system.
“As you would imagine coming out of a rapid prototyping [effort], there's numerous options” on how to proceed with acquiring the new small drone system, said Program Executive Officer for Aviation Maj. Gen. Robert Barrie.
"That is just a lot of complicated work," said Jeffrey Langhout, listing a series of technical challenges the Army hope to identify and overcome.
Project Convergence 21 showed off new, networked, autonomous capabilities to be added to next-gen helicopters.
The new owners bring venture capital and software expertise to upgrade Area-I’s ALTIUS mini-drone, already a favorite in Army experiments with ‘Air-Launched Effects.’
New drones – launched by helicopters in flight and built by the Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office – will reach out “hundreds of kilometers.” Marine F-35s, 82nd Airborne troops, and Special Ops will also participate in exercise EDGE21.
Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville and other top Army pilots say these new technologies, tactics, & training will keep aircraft alive against high-tech foes like Russia and China.
Over the southwest desert, drones large and small are autonomously avoiding anti-aircraft threats while feeding real-time targeting data over an AI network to troops on the ground.