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Robotic Rotorcraft Brain Resupplies US Marines During Live Exercise

Robotic Rotorcraft Brain Resupplies US Marines During Live Exercise
Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) provides a material resupply for Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 8, based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC during the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Expeditionary Hybrid Logistics experiment conducted in conjunction with Integrated Training Exercise 3-18 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA, May 14, 2018.

During a recent exercise in California, Marines at a simulated combat outpost were resupplied by a robotic rotorcraft that could locate, fly to and land at their position without human input.Although a human pilot was in the cockpit of the Bell [TXT] UH-1 Huey, that Marine was not in control of the aircraft as it conducted multiple resupply missions at varying distances laden with a variety of payloads and received fuel from a forward aerial refuel point.Both accomplishments were firsts for…

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