Aircraft Completed Four Fly-Bys Of The Ship Before Recovery
San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) launched a RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS) recently, for its first flight at sea. The STUAS completed four fly-bys around the ship before recovering with the STUAS Recovery System (SRS), a cable apparatus the aircraft latches to for recovery. The STUAS completed three months of land-based trial flights aboard Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif., before launching from a San Antonio-class amphibious landing dock ship.
Beechcraft Corporation has filed suit in the Court of Federal Claims to contest the U.S. Air Force’s decision to lift the stay of performance on the Light Air Support (LAS) contract while the Government Accountability Office (GAO) continues to review Beechcraft’s protest of the award to Embraer/Sierra Nevada. A GAO ruling on Beechcraft’s protest of this procurement is expected within 90 days.
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