Silent Arrow Developing Loitering Heavy-Payload Cargo UAS

The CLS-300 is a powered, loitering version of Silent Arrow’s heavy-payload, air-launched cargo gliders.

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Silent Arrow has been awarded a $1.5 million U.S. Air Force contract to demonstrate a 300-500-mi.-range, one-way loitering cargo drone. Flight tests of the CLS-300 are planned for the second half of 2025. The CLS-300 is based on the Los Angeles-headquartered company’s GD-2000, a heavy-payload...
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