U.S. Army tests new helicopter-launched drone at Yuma Proving Ground
Published 15:53 (GMT+0000) September 25, 2019
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center conducted successful tests of the newest helicopter-launched unmanned aircraft system from.
The Army Engineers, working with Area-I counterparts, test fired the Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated, Unmanned System or ALTIUS off a UH-60 helicopter at Yuma Proving Ground as part of the Air-launched Effects program to investigate the feasibility of launching and controlling an unmanned aerial system from a rotorcraft.
According to Chief Executive Officer at Area-I, Inc., Nicholas Alley the ALTIUS was designed to fold up and fit into a small tube, which is carried on a larger, “mothership†aircraft.
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