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Draper Designing Autonomous Software Suite for Small Army UAS

Frank Wolfe

Friday, July 17th, 2020

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Draper Designing Autonomous Software Suite for Small Army UAS

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. has tested its autonomous software suite on a surrogate drone (Draper Photo)

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. is designing an autonomous software suite for small, handheld unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) weighing about half a pound or less--systems that may fly 20 minutes round trip to search and identify threats to soldiers so that they are able to enter buildings and other complex, dangerous environments better prepared. Draper is working on the project under a three-year, U.S. Army contract awarded in 2018 and potentially worth $3.2 million. Funded by the Army Research Development…

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