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Navy/USMC

Marines Take Over Testing Of Robotic Resupply Helicopter

Friday, December 15th, 2017

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Marines Take Over Testing Of Robotic Resupply Helicopter

Test Pilot Jason Jewell discusses his experience with manning the UH-1H during its autonomous resupply mission with Aurora Flight Sciences' AACUS system. (Photo by Amy Kluber, Rotor and Wing International)

The Marine Corps will take over testing of an autonomous UH-1 Huey after a successful final test of the robotic aircraft on Dec. 13 in which it demonstrated the ability to perform combat resupply missions without a pilot.Developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Aurora Flight Sciences, the Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) performed three simulated combat resupply missions Wednesday at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. The helicopter, dubbed AEH-1, now moves to the Marine Corps for…

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