{"id":29295,"date":"2018-10-08T21:15:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T21:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/08\/man-portable-multi-tool-drones-coming-to-ground-troops-near-you\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:07:30","slug":"man-portable-multi-tool-drones-coming-to-ground-troops-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2018\/10\/08\/man-portable-multi-tool-drones-coming-to-ground-troops-near-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Man-portable, multi-tool drones coming to ground troops near you"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The potential of man-portable drones for ground troops is enormous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From reconnaissance to communications relay and delivering small payloads, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/04\/23\/the-corps-is-looking-for-a-tube-launched-suicide-drone\/\" target=\"_blank\">man-portable drones<\/a> have already proven their flexibility on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2017\/07\/26\/syrian-fighters-in-raqqa-uncover-isis-drone-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\">battlefields of Syria and Ukraine<\/a> this decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, defense contractors are jumping into the fray to offer something purpose-built for the U.S. military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aeryon Defense is one such firm. Its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeryondefense.us\/r80d\/\" target=_blank>R80D SkyRaider<\/a> series of drones is looking to fill the gap designers see in the small unmanned aircraft system market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SkyRaider is designed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2017\/10\/09\/martin-uav-hopes-to-sell-the-us-military-on-its-vertical-take-off-uav\/\" target=_blank>vertical takeoff and landing<\/a>, offers a small footprint in the field, an open architecture and powerful artificial intelligence computing to track targets, as well as the ability to deliver payloads up to 4.4 pounds and provide persistent overwatch for friendly forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The drone was shown publicly for the first time this spring and made the rounds this week at the Association of the United States Army conference in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe localized this product for the U.S. Department of Defense,\u201d Mark Holden, Aeryon Defense\u2019s director of defense solutions, told Army Times. \u201cWe wanted it to be modular, we wanted it to be man-portable, we wanted it to rugged and we wanted it to have some legs in the technology space, meaning that for many years we could continue iterating on it with non-material solutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That means continuing to upgrade the SkyRaider\u2019s software and internal capabilities over time, rather than burdening the Army with a system that will be obsolete in a year.<\/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\/navy-league\/2018\/04\/10\/this-gun-shoots-drones-out-of-the-sky\/\" 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\/maxresdefault.jpg_214051.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\">This gun shoots drones out of the sky<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">There&#039;s also a version of the drone-killer device that is attachable to an assault rifle.<\/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 SkyRaider can be controlled from simple tablets troops would carry with them downrange, and sometimes already do in order to help with close-air support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s important to note that Aeryon Defense is offering a military-grade design, built with peer-level adversaries \u2014 not simply insurgents \u2014 in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSurvivability in a near-peer, contested, electromagnetic environment is the backbone of the flight management system of this aircraft,\u201d Holden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile a lot of information is fairly sensitive,\u201d he added, \u201cwe have designed this to be very, very resilient and resistant to near-peer enemy jamming of both GPS and command and control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SkyRaider\u2019s payload off the factory shelf is loaded with cameras. It operates a 60x optical zoom camera that puts up to 20 megapixels on target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is the highest grade zoom camera in a man-portable [unmanned aerial vehicle] on the market right now,\u201d Holden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAdditionally, we have the most advanced infrared payload,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And on board, we have advanced [artificial intelligence] that allows the drone to track humans, to track vehicles, to distinguish between types of humans and types of vehicles, and there\u2019s the logic on board to detect that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, the SkyRaider tries &#8220;to push the capabilities we would normally find at a theater-level asset, and drag that down to the end-user,\u201d Holden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By handing more capability to ground troops, SkyRaider also blends well into the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2016\/10\/03\/the-multi-domain-battle\/\" target=_blank> multi-domain battlespace<\/a> Army leaders see as the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portable drones fielded by ground troops provide a stable link to their commander back at headquarters, and offer more opportunities for information sharing and intelligence collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIntegrating this into the loop is kind of a middleware [a software glue] in between them to help enable the operators and tactical end-users on the ground,\u201d Holden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more coverage from the AUSA annual meeting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" 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