{"id":10323,"date":"2018-05-08T22:57:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T22:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/08\/army-uber-will-partner-on-silent-rotor-technology-for-uavs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:42:23","slug":"army-uber-will-partner-on-silent-rotor-technology-for-uavs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2018\/05\/08\/army-uber-will-partner-on-silent-rotor-technology-for-uavs\/","title":{"rendered":"Army, Uber will partner on silent rotor technology for UAVs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Army is partnering with Uber<\/a> to create safer, more lethal unmanned aerial vehicle missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new effort between the Army Research Laboratory<\/a> and the rideshare company, announced on Tuesday, aims to create silent rotor technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal is to reduce the noise caused by traditional UAV<\/a> rotors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen UAVs are doing an [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] mission, they\u2019re out there collecting or observing to collect intelligence or to do surveillance,\u201d Jaret Riddick, director of ARL\u2019s Vehicle Technology Directorate, told Army Times after the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That mission is hampered, however, when the adversary can hear the UAV coming, Riddick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey know a certain noise in the distance means a certain type of operation is underway,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you can do that with the advantage of not being detected \u2026 it changes how you execute a mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uber Elevate, under which the air taxi side of the company falls, is interested in noise-reduction technology because its vehicles would be operating in dense urban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\t