Why air launched effects and long-range missiles are critical to US Army
By Garrett Reim
21 April 2020
The US Army has demonstrated a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk launching an Area-I ALTIUS unmanned air vehicle (UAV) from the low altitude of 100ft above the ground.
The ALTIUS, which stands for Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated Unmanned System, was launched while the helicopter was in forward flight during a 4 March test at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona.
Launching a UAV from a forward-moving, low-flying helicopter can be tricky, as it can be swatted away by the host platform’s main rotor downwash. The small vehicle also has little time to deploy its wing and start flying under its own power.
https://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/why-air-launched-effects-and-long-range-missiles-are-critical-to-us-army/137809.article
