• FTUAS to exchange RQ-7B Shadow UAS at the moment fielded in chosen Brigade Fight Groups
• Increment 1 entails testing and fielding JUMP 20 medium unmanned plane on an accelerated schedule because it competes to change into the U.S. Military’s FTUAS of selection
• The JUMP 20 vertical takeoff and touchdown (VTOL), runway impartial medium unmanned plane system offers intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) providers with elevated manoeuvrability, and improved command and management
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a world chief in clever, multi-domain robotic techniques, immediately introduced it obtained an Different Transaction Settlement award by the US Military on Aug. 18, 2022 for Increment 1 of the Future Tactical Unmanned Plane System (FTUAS) program. The contract encompasses the acquisition, testing and supply of 1 JUMP® 20 medium unmanned plane system (MUAS) to a particular Military Brigade Fight Crew (BCT) and related providers, coaching and assist.
“With Increment 1 of the FTUAS program, the Military shall be testing and fielding the JUMP 20 on an accelerated schedule as they search a substitute for the RQ-7B Shadow UAS at the moment fielded in Brigade Fight Groups,” stated Gorik Hossepian, AeroVironment vice chairman and product line common supervisor for MUAS. “The combat-proven JUMP 20 is a quickly deployable, runway impartial, vertical takeoff and touchdown answer for the Military. Its skill to be deployed, operated and sustained from wherever is a game-changer in theater and in conditions the place the enemy has invaded or destroyed infrastructure.”
The AeroVironment JUMP 20 is the primary fixed-wing unmanned plane system able to vertical takeoff and touchdown (VTOL) to be deployed extensively in assist of U.S. army forces. Best for multi-mission operations, JUMP 20 delivers 14+ hours of endurance, a normal operational vary of 115 miles (185 kilometers) and is runway impartial. The system might be arrange and operational in lower than 60 minutes with out the necessity for launch or restoration tools and has a useable payload capability of as much as 30 kilos (13.6 kilograms). The JUMP 20 additionally contains a widespread autopilot and floor management system structure offering a extremely customizable, modular platform that may be customized configured to fulfill operational or buyer necessities.
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AeroVironment’s portfolio of clever, multi-domain robotic techniques contains small footprint, runway-independent unmanned plane techniques (UAS). These options supply elevated, multi-mission capabilities with the choice of choosing the suitable plane and payload based mostly on the kind of mission to be carried out. These capabilities have the potential to supply important drive safety and drive multiplication advantages to small tactical models and safety personnel, in addition to higher security, scalability and price financial savings to industrial operators. AeroVironment offers turnkey intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and assist providers worldwide to make sure a persistently excessive stage of mission success. AeroVironment has delivered tens of 1000’s of latest and substitute unmanned air automobiles to prospects inside the US and to greater than 50 allied governments. For extra data, go to www.avinc.com/uas.
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AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) offers expertise options on the intersection of robotics, sensors, software program analytics and connectivity that ship extra actionable intelligence so you possibly can Proceed with Certainty. Headquartered in Virginia, AeroVironment is a world chief in clever, multi-domain robotic techniques and serves protection, authorities and industrial prospects. For extra data, go to www.avinc.com
