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Navy/USMC

ONR Awards Contracts For Aeriel Cargo Autonomy

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently awarded contracts for pursuing new technologies designed to enhance the autonomy of unmanned aerial cargo systems. ONR said last week it’s initially providing $28 million to teams lead by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Aurora Flight Sciences to develop robotic rotorcraft to support rapid autonomous aerial cargo delivery to the battlefield. The Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) program is intended to support units under hostile conditions and it’s envisioned to eventually allow war…

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