Tue, Nov 03, 2009
Unmanned Aircraft And Flight Team Completes 40 Flights With
Electronic Warfare Payload
AAI Corporation said Monday that its Victoria, Australia-based
strategic business, Aerosonde Pty Ltd, has participated in a series
of demonstrations by Australia’s Defense Science and
Technology Organization (DSTO) aimed at investigating the
capabilities of unmanned aircraft when integrated with electronic
warfare (EW) systems.
The 15-day DSTO “Demonstration of Distributed EW
Concepts” trial, which took place at the Woomera Test
Facility in southern Australia, incorporated the Aerosonde small
unmanned aircraft system. The Aerosonde aircraft completed more
than 40 flights equipped with an EW payload, accumulating more than
200 flight hours in this configuration. Aerosonde’s
experienced staff also served as the flight crew during the test
series.
Real and simulated unmanned aircraft interacted with several
sensor systems during the demonstrations and completed tasks
including geolocation and tracking of EW targets using their
integrated EW payloads.
“As unmanned aircraft grow in capability and maturity, the
range of missions they can handle also grows,” says Vice
President of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Steven Reid of AAI.
“Small systems such as our Aerosonde unmanned aircraft
deliver powerful benefits including long endurance and
multi-mission capability. We will continue to see the mission
profile of these aircraft expand, and we will stay ahead of these
requirements to deliver customers the unmanned aircraft
capabilities they need.”
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