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Army Showcases Airbus’ Zephyr UAS in High Altitude, Long-Endurance Flight Test

Army Showcases Airbus' Zephyr UAS in High Altitude, Long-Endurance Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
Zephyr UAS

A U.S. Army cross-functional team has flight tested an Airbus-built unmanned air system to determine its alignment with the service branch’s goal of employing ultra-long endurance stratospheric UAS capabilities.

The Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space CFT was able to demonstrate the Zephyr drone‘s ability to carry commercial, off-the-shelf payload while flying at a high altitude via satellite communication controls for over a month now, the Army said Thursday.

Michael Monteleone, director of the APNT/Space CFT, shared that the ongoing experimentation will provide them with insights into payload demonstration, stratospheric military operations and communications modernization.

“Ultra-long endurance unmanned platforms have the potential to provide significant military capabilities and enhanced confidence as part of the Army’s diversified multi-layered architecture,” he said.

The Army is working with the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance task force, Program Executive Office – Aviation, multiple combatant commands and T2S Solutions, which serves as the experiment integrator.

Zephyr will be flight tested again in the coming weeks to demonstrate a prototype payload developed by the Army Futures Command.

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