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Army Interested In Launched Effects Deployed From ISR Aircraft, Eyes Demo In FY ‘26

Army Interested In Launched Effects Deployed From ISR Aircraft, Eyes Demo In FY ‘26
An Area-I Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated, Unmanned System, or ALTIUS, sails through the skies at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., March 4, 2020 where the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center led a demonstration that highlighted the forward air launch of the ALTIUS. (Photo by Jose Mejia-Betancourth/CCDC AvMC Technology Development Directorate)

The Army is seeking industry’s information on unmanned systems, or “launched effects,” that it could look to potentially deploy from medium and high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. A new Request for Information notice details the Army’s interest in potentially demonstrating Launched Effects (LE) capabilities from aerial ISR platforms in the fiscal year 2026 timeframe. While the RFI doesn’t name a specific aerial ISR program that could utilize launched effects, it does note that such systems could potentially be integrated…

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