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Silent Arrow Looks for CV-22 Flight Testing Award This Spring

Frank Wolfe

Monday, February 22nd, 2021

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Silent Arrow Looks for CV-22 Flight Testing Award This Spring

A Silent Arrow GD-2000 Autonomous Cargo Delivery UAS Uses Onboard LiDAR to Initiate the Landing Flare Sequence during an Air Force Demonstration Flight in Pendleton, Oregon (Yates Electrospace Corp. Photo)

The Silent Arrow glider, developed by California-based Yates Electrospace Corp., looks for a Phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) award by AFWERX and the Air Force Research Laboratory this spring for flight testing aboard the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] CV-22 tiltrotor employed by Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). If proven, Silent Arrow would deliver 1,600 pounds of cargo to forward deployed forces from a CV-22 from a distance of up to 40 miles. Such supplies could include 336 MREs…

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