United States Navy Demonstrates Cross-Domain Communications, Command & Control via AeroVironment Blackwing Submarine-Launched...
07 September 2016 - 11:10PM
Business Wire
- AeroVironment’s Blackwing Unmanned
Aircraft Vehicle (UAV) links manned submarines to unmanned undersea
vehicles (UUVs) while providing intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance (ISR)
- End-to-end system testing completed by
Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Rhode Island validates first
UUV-to-submarine link via UAV data relay
- Blackwing’s tight integration into the
US Navy’s submarine fleet using an open-architecture communication
system will enable communication and control of multiple unmanned
vehicles over long distances
Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division – AeroVironment,
Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems
for both military and commercial applications, today announced the
United States Navy has successfully demonstrated the use of its
submarine-launched BlackwingTM UAV to link with a swarm of unmanned
undersea vehicles and communicate with the submarine combat control
system during the Annual Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) on August
16.
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US Navy demonstrates AeroVironment's
submarine-launched Blackwing™ small UAV that links manned
submarines to unmanned undersea vehicles. (Photo: Business
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Along with providing a new and unique intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance (ISR) capability to submarine commanders, the
Blackwing UAV can also provide high-speed data and communication
relay for Command and Control (C2) between geographically separated
vessels such as manned submarines, unmanned undersea vehicles
(UUVs) and surface ships. Deployed UUVs collect large quantities of
data while conducting diverse missions ranging from mine-hunting to
wide-area oceanographic sensing. During the ANTX exercise, an
AeroVironment developed, government-owned, secure digital datalink
called DDLTM, integrated into all Blackwing UAVs, relayed real-time
information from the surrogate manned submarine via the Blackwing
UAV to and from multiple UUVs.
Blackwing builds on AeroVironment’s extensive development and
operational experience with its SwitchbladeTM Lethal Miniature
Aerial Missile System (LMAMS) and its common DDL to provide the
Navy with a deployable submarine launched unmanned aircraft vehicle
optimized for distributed Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD)
environments.
“Our Naval Undersea Warfare Center partners seek solutions for
quickly and seamlessly linking the air and undersea domains to
enhance warfighter capability. We successfully demonstrated the
innovative utility of AeroVironment’s new Blackwing unmanned air
vehicle,” said Kirk Flittie, AeroVironment vice president and
general manager of its Unmanned Aircraft Systems business segment.
“Blackwing delivers significant value to the undersea community,
and we look forward to working closely with our partners to expand
this powerful new capability to enable underwater vehicles and
cross-domain interoperability. In addition to our Navy partners, we
also thank our industry partner Sparton for their continued support
on Blackwing efforts.”
About AeroVironment Small UAS
RQ-11B Raven®, RQ-12 Wasp®, RQ-20A and B Puma™ and Shrike VTOL™
comprise AeroVironment’s Family of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Operating with a common ground control system (GCS), this Family of
Systems provides increased capability to the warfighter that can
give ground commanders the option of selecting the appropriate
aircraft based on the type of mission to be performed. This
increased capability has the potential to provide significant force
protection and force multiplication benefits to small tactical
units and security personnel. AeroVironment provides logistics
services worldwide to ensure a consistently high level of
operational readiness and provides mission services for customers
requiring only the information its small UAS produce. AeroVironment
has delivered tens of thousands of new and replacement small
unmanned air vehicles to customers within the United States and to
more than 30 international governments.
About AeroVironment
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, tactical missile systems and electric vehicle
charging and test systems, and serves militaries, government
agencies, businesses and consumers. For more information visit
www.avinc.com.
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