Autonomous Resupply Moves Into U.S. Military Mainstream

Kaman Kargo UAV

The U.S. Marine Corps has selected the Kaman Kargo UAV to deliver supplies autonomously to distributed units.

Credit: Kaman
The ongoing war in Ukraine has highlighted a need to resupply front-line troops using military drones—and a surprising dearth of options for doing so. Except for well-publicized medical resupply missions to hard-hit civilian areas by Draganfly-donated uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), drones have...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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