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Collins Aerospace Successfully Tests New Mission System For Army’s Air-Launched Effects

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, January 31st, 2022

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Collins Aerospace Successfully Tests New Mission System For Army’s Air-Launched Effects

Collins Aerospace's RapidEdge mission system for Air Launched Effects. Photo: Collins Aerospace.

Collins Aerospace [RTX] said Monday it has successfully demonstrated a new mission systems solution that could serve as “the brain” for the Army’s future Air-Launched Effects (ALE), to include passing classified data and handling autonomous behaviors. The company said the new RapidEdge mission systems solution is already at a high readiness level, with the recent test proving out the ability to execute “tactically relevant ALE behaviors while communicating via a cross-domain multi-level security solution.” “We designed our RapidEdge Mission System…

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