{"id":32761,"date":"2023-09-12T11:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T11:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/12\/textron-wants-to-expand-aerosonde-drone-operations-throughout-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:48:23","slug":"textron-wants-to-expand-aerosonde-drone-operations-throughout-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2023\/09\/12\/textron-wants-to-expand-aerosonde-drone-operations-throughout-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Textron wants to expand Aerosonde drone operations throughout Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LONDON \u2014 Textron Systems is demonstrating new uses for its Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System, even as it courts potential European customers who have seen the drone in action during recent international maritime operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Textron currently flies its small UAS off four U.S. Navy ships: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/04\/06\/textron-drone-deployed-on-navy-destroyer-as-contractor-operated-isr-node\/\" target=\"_blank\">two destroyers the company cannot disclose<\/a>, and the expeditionary sea bases Hershel \u201cWoody\u201d Williams and Miguel Keith. These operations fall under a contractor-owned\/contractor-operated model, where Textron employees embark on the ship to operate the drones, and the Navy essentially buys the data these drones collect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, the Navy also <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.textron.com\/news\/news-releases\/press-release-details\/2023\/Textron-Systems-Awarded-Uncrewed-Aircraft-System-UAS-Contractor-Owned-Contractor-Operated-Contract-For-Three-Littoral-Combat-Ships-LCS-By-U.S.-Navy\/default.aspx\">awarded a contract to operate the drone<\/a> from two Independence-variant littoral combat ships and one Freedom-variant LCS under this CO\/CO model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wayne Prender, Textron\u2019s senior vice president of air systems, told Defense News the LCS operations would provide a chance to pair the Aerosonde unmanned aerial system with the Common Unmanned Surface Vessel that Textron designed as part of the LCS mine countermeasures mission package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later this year, the service will demonstrate this unmanned-unmanned teaming by having the Aerosonde drone provide data-relay, targeting, threat identification and other support functions for a USV in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to this demonstration, Prender said Textron would integrate Aerosonde onto the three LCSs by the end of the year so the ships can start operations overseas using the drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6720\" height=\"4480\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7419944.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7419944.jpg.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7419944.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7419944.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7419944.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7419944.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7419944.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6720px) 100vw, 6720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ben Seay prepares an Aerosonde unmanned aerial vehicle for launch on the flight deck aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) while conducting routine operations in the Philippine Sea on Sept. 2, 2022.  (MC1 Donavan Patubo\/U.S. Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During this week\u2019s DSEI European defense conference here, Prender said the company hopes to get closer to signing contracts with a number of European navies, a sales pitch made easier due to these navies\u2019 previous first-hand experience with the Aerosonde drones operating off American ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through these operations \u2014 particularly with the Souda Bay-based Hershel Williams \u2014 regional navies are getting a look the Aerosonde\u2019s intelligence, surveillance and other capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prender referenced an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USNavyEurope\/status\/1512000411716235266\">April 2022 Hershel Williams mission<\/a> where the ship helped seize a large amount of cocaine in conjunction with Cabo Verde maritime forces. \u201cSo while in support of a U.S. military operation, it was done in conjunction with allied countries right there in the Africa\/European space,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And in the Pacific, Prender said the Spanish Navy has worked with the Saipan-based Miguel Keith during joint operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He declined to name which countries Textron would be talking to at DSEI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bulgaria bought the Aerosonde system in 2017 to operate itself, and Textron has partnered with Nordic Unmanned to operate the drones in support of the European Maritime Safety Agency. 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