
The Army is seeking white papers from industry to inform development of a new “air-droppable air vehicle” prototype capable of operating in contested environments. A new Request for Project Proposals (RPP) notice outlines the Contested Aerial Delivery Development (CADD) effort, which would incorporate an air vehicle prototype that can carry a payload of at least 250 pounds as well as development of a navigation sensor kit for GPS-denied environments, mission planning software and command and control tools. “In a contested,…