- Strategic teaming and collaboration
between market leaders in their respective fields to demonstrate
low-cost, flexible intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and
precision strike in near-peer denied combat environments
- AeroVironment tube-launched small
unmanned aircraft and tactical missile systems to be integrated
with Kratos high-speed, low-cost attritable drones to dramatically
enhance situational awareness and system effectiveness
- High-speed, larger unmanned aircraft
will enable delivery of small, highly autonomous systems across
significant distances in denied environments at coordinated times
and locations
Sea Air Space – AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), the
leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile
systems (TMS), and Kratos Defense & Security Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ: KTOS) Unmanned Systems Division, the leader in high-speed,
tactical drone targets and unmanned aircraft, today announced a new
strategic relationship to develop and demonstrate highly integrated
and operationally effective multi-domain unmanned system solutions
for near-peer, denied environments.
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“AeroVironment’s small unmanned aircraft systems and tactical
missile systems have transformed the way ground forces train,
equip, plan and operate to deliver battlefield superiority,” said
Trace Stevenson, vice president and deputy general manager
of AeroVironment’s UAS business. “Working with Kratos, an
innovative host aircraft partner, together we are developing and
will demonstrate the integration of tube-launched UAS and tactical
missile systems into long-range, high speed and low cost unmanned
systems for their transport and delivery into near-peer, denied
environments.”
“With sufficient onboard autonomy, sensors, payloads and an
integrated system design, we aim to demonstrate the deployment of
large quantities of smart systems that overwhelm and disable enemy
systems, while bending the cost curve to make it financially
prohibitive for unfriendly nations to challenge our armed forces,”
Stevenson added.
“Kratos and AeroVironment offer complementary capabilities while
sharing an intense focus on disruptive and affordable unmanned
aircraft solutions for the DoD,” said Steve Fendley,
president of Kratos Unmanned Systems Division. “Deploying
AeroVironment’s tube-launched UAS and tactical missiles from
Kratos’ highly survivable, long-range jet UAS creates an exciting
opportunity to substantially increase the effectiveness and
stand-off range of our existing technologies. Using internal
funding, Kratos rapidly developed and demonstrated the Mako
Tactical UAS in 2015, proving the speed advantage of the internal
funding approach. By teaming together and investing in this
capability in support of the American warfighter, Kratos and
AeroVironment seek to further enhance our nation’s defenses with an
affordable, comprehensive mission solution that will be ready in
months, not years.”
Kratos and AeroVironment’s first collaborative project is
designed to demonstrate the ability to launch, communicate with,
and control a small, tube-launched loitering aircraft from a larger
runway-independent unmanned aircraft. The overall system-of-system
effectiveness will be evaluated for its ability to coordinate the
effects of the smaller AeroVironment systems, relay useful
information back to the Kratos mothership, and either pass
information back to a ground control station or act upon that
information to modify mission taskings.
Please visit the AeroVironment booth at Sea Air Space, National
Harbor, Maryland.Sea Air Space Booth Number AeroVironment
#2709
About AeroVironment, Inc.AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV)
provides customers with more actionable intelligence so they can
proceed with certainty. Based in California, AeroVironment is
a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems and tactical missile
systems, and serves defense, government and commercial customers.
For more information visit www.avinc.com.
About Kratos Defense & Security Systems, Inc.Kratos
Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) develops and
fields transformative, affordable technology, platforms and systems
for United States National Security related customers, allies and
commercial enterprises. Kratos is changing the way breakthrough
technology for these industries are rapidly brought to market
through proven commercial and venture capital backed approaches,
including proactive research and streamlined development processes.
Kratos specializes in unmanned systems, satellite communications,
cyber security/warfare, microwave electronics, missile defense,
hypersonic systems, training, combat systems, and next generation
turbo jet and turbo fan engine development. For more information go
to www.KratosDefense.com. More information on Kratos Unmanned
Systems Division can be found at www.KratosUSD.com.
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