{"id":26813,"date":"2019-04-23T19:44:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T19:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/23\/coming-soon-more-complex-air-launched-unmanned-aircraft-demos\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:49:45","slug":"coming-soon-more-complex-air-launched-unmanned-aircraft-demos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/uas\/2019\/04\/23\/coming-soon-more-complex-air-launched-unmanned-aircraft-demos\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming soon: More complex, air-launched drone demonstrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 The U.S. Army will rapidly develop and refine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2018\/05\/01\/army-to-launch-drone-from-helicopter-for-first-time-this-year\/\" target=_blank>concepts for air-launched unmanned aircraft through a series of demonstrations<\/a> over the next several years with plans for quick integration into formations, the acting director of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command\u2019s Aviation &amp; Missile Center\u2019s Aviation Development Directorate told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of an effort to refine an advanced manned-unmanned teaming for aircraft, the service has lined up a series of demonstrations to develop the capability of launching unmanned aircraft from larger manned or unmanned aircraft, Layne Merritt said in an interview at the Army Aviation Association of America\u2019s annual summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2019\/04\/18\/us-armys-next-gen-unmanned-aircraft-tech-demo-plans-on-hold\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/A6-V-247-still.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Army postpones demo plans for next-gen unmanned aircraft<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Next-generation UAS development will have to wait, says the Army&#039;s aviation development director at Combat Capabilities Development Command.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s vision for the future fight is to have a mix of manned and unmanned aircraft in teams assigned to perform a variety of missions. Today\u2019s drones are limited to mostly reconnaissance and surveillance missions and, in some cases, Hellfire missiles can be launched from them, but the service will greatly expand the role of UAS, to include long-range targeting, attack, as decoys to either take a missile of its track or fool the enemy, to carry gear, as electronic warfare weapons, and for resupply and casualty evacuation, Merritt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army envisions two main categories of air-launched effects: slow loitering UAS as well as fast, long-range versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merritt\u2019s shop partners with requirements writers and the battle lab at Fort Rucker, Alabama, to identify what\u2019s available to help develop the advanced teaming concept, as well as to figure out how best to spend science and technology funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when it comes to air-launched effects \u2014 or ALE \u2014 there\u2019s nothing commercially available. So for Merritt, the effort presents an opportunity to drive industry development rather than the other way around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a new class of weapon system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe cool thing about the air-launched effects is that now, instead of standoff jamming or standoff effects, we can have stand-in effects,\u201d he added. \u201cInstead of being 100 kilometers away \u2026 we may be 100 meters away, and that\u2019s going to change the type of payloads, but also may be more effective.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2018\/03\/26\/future-unmanned-aircraft-to-do-the-dull-and-dangerous-work\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UASflying.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Future unmanned aircraft to do the \u2018dull\u2019 and \u2018dangerous\u2019 work<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The relationship between manned helicopters and unmanned aircraft in the future will become more advanced and complex, according to Brig. Gen. Wally Rugen, the one-star in charge of modernizing the Army&#039;s vertical lift fleet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August 2018, the Army demonstrated the ability to launch an unmanned system \u2014 ALTIUS (the Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated Unmanned System) \u2014 from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, which helped the service understand what is required to launch from a rotary-wing platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army plans to once again demonstrate the concept during a ground robotic breach exercise at Yakima Air Base in Washington state next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this fall, the Army will take it a step further and launch a UAS from a Black Hawk flying at a lower altitude \u2014 roughly 100 feet or less \u2014 Merritt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had to do it at high-altitude first so we could understand the separation characteristics of the platform and how we had to change for that,\u201d Merritt said. \u201cFor example, most of the little UAS, the wings are stowed and they have a big spring and they pop open really fast, but if you are going to be launching under a rotor system, you don\u2019t want this thing to be flying too soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spring in the Army\u2019s test UAS can be controlled, he added, so it safely separates but flies before it falls to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstrations help the Army understand how to design the vehicles, how to control the launch, from which direction it should launch the aircraft, and what kinds of maneuvering restrictions must be placed on the launch vehicle and on the unmanned aircraft, Merritt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the service executes a low-altitude launch demo, it will experiment with different payloads, Merritt said. Depending on what is successful, \u201cthe Army could make a decision to spin that off and launch those for a reconnaissance surveillance mission,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the course of three or four years, he noted, \u201cwe will have advanced and integrated several different payloads, and then we can really start filling in this new operational concept.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of fiscal 2020, Merritt said, the Army will conduct demonstrations of an unmanned \u201cmothership\u201d using multiple air-launched effects for a reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA) role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That would be followed an autonomous RSTA and attack demonstration in FY21 using not only ALE but also large UAS under GPS-denied environments, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In later years \u2014 likely FY22 \u2014 the Army will include decoys and electronic 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