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Army Seeks Industry’s Info On Payloads For Launched Effects

Army Seeks Industry’s Info On Payloads For Launched Effects
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)

As the Army moves out on its pursuit of new Launched Effects capabilities, the service is seeking information from industry on potential payloads it could integrate on the future autonomous air vehicles. A new Request for Information notice released this week details an interest in Launched Effects payloads that would offer a range of capabilities, such as the ability to disrupt adversarial electronic attack or countering unmanned ground vehicles. “The intent of this RFI is to gather information on state-of-the…

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