United States Navy to Deploy AeroVironment Blackwing Reconnaissance Systems on Attack and Guided Missile Submarines
May 16 2016 - 09:10AM
Business Wire
- AeroVironment develops Blackwing
unmanned aircraft system as part of a successful Joint Capabilities
Technology Demonstration (JCTD)
- Blackwing launches from fully submerged
undersea platforms, including submarines and Unmanned Underwater
Vehicles (UUVs)
- Full integration into the US Navy’s
submarine fleet using existing, standard command-and-control
systems and equipment
Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition – AeroVironment, Inc.
(NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced the United States Navy plans to
deploy its “Blackwing™,” a small, tube-launched unmanned aircraft
system that deploys from under the surface of the sea, on manned
submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles.
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U.S. Navy to deploy new AeroVironment
Blackwing unmanned aircraft system on submarines (Graphic: Business
Wire)
Blackwing builds on AeroVironment’s extensive operational
experience with small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and its
Switchblade™ Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS) to
provide the Navy with a low cost, submarine launched unmanned
aircraft system optimized for Anti-Access/Aerial Denial (A2/AD)
environments. AeroVironment developed the Blackwing system as part
of a 2013 Navy and United States Special Operations Command
(USSOCOM) sponsored JCTD called Advanced Weapons Enhanced by
Submarine UAS against Mobile targets (AWESUM). This JCTD was
completed in September 2015 with a strong recommendation to
transition the capability into the fleet. Blackwing employs an
advanced, miniature electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) payload,
Selective Availability Anti-spoofing Module (SASSM) GPS and
AeroVironment’s secure Digital Data Link (DDL), all packaged into a
vehicle that launches from manned and unmanned submarines.
“AeroVironment’s new Blackwing unmanned aircraft system is a
valuable new capability that resulted from our team’s close
collaboration with, and responsiveness to, the U.S. Navy’s undersea
warfare community and the Special Operations community,” said Kirk
Flittie, AeroVironment vice president and general manager of its
Unmanned Aircraft Systems business segment. “Delivering innovative
solutions that enhance our customers’ capabilities benefits the US
Navy and USSOCOM, and creates new business opportunities for us. In
addition to operating from undersea vehicles, Blackwing can also be
integrated with and deployed from a wide variety of surface vessels
and mobile ground vehicles to provide rapid response reconnaissance
capabilities that help our customers operate more safely and
effectively.”
About AeroVironment Small UAS
RQ-11B Raven®, RQ-12 Wasp®, RQ-20A Puma™ and Switchblade™
comprise AeroVironment’s Family of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Operating with a common ground control system (GCS), this Family of
Systems provides increased capability to the warfighter that can
give ground commanders the option of selecting the appropriate
aircraft based on the type of mission to be performed. This
increased capability has the potential to provide significant force
protection and force multiplication benefits to small tactical
units and security personnel. AeroVironment provides logistics
services worldwide to ensure a consistently high level of
operational readiness and provides mission services for customers
requiring only the information its small UAS produce. AeroVironment
has delivered thousands of new and replacement small unmanned air
vehicles to customers within the United States and to more than 30
international governments.
About AeroVironment
AeroVironment is a technology solutions provider that designs,
develops, produces, supports and operates an advanced portfolio of
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and electric transportation
solutions. The company’s electric-powered, hand-launched unmanned
aircraft systems generate and process data to deliver powerful
insight, on demand, to people and enterprises engaged in military,
public safety and commercial activities around the world. More
information about AeroVironment is available at www.avinc.com.
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