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AFRL Picks Silent Arrow to Demo 200 Mile Autonomous Delivery, Yates Says

AFRL Picks Silent Arrow to Demo 200 Mile Autonomous Delivery, Yates Says
Pictured is a Yates Electrospace Corp.-provided photo of the loading of a Silent Arrow GD-2000 carrying a 1,000-pound payload aboard an Air Force MC-130J for deployment in the Indo-Pacific "with a United States partner nation."

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has chosen California's Yates Electrospace Corp. to build six CLS-200 autonomous, attritable cargo drones under a $1.8 million direct to Phase II small business innovation research award, the company said on Monday. CLS-200 stands for Contested Logistics System-200 nautical miles and is to be able to carry 500 pounds. Yates said that its Silent Arrow product line consists of five attritable, autonomous drones able to transport 350 to 2,000 pounds of "emergency, disaster relief…

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