Lockheed Martin Persists With Effective Flight Displays of Fury Expeditionary Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., April 26: Lockheed Martin's sophisticated
strategic Group 3 unmanned aerial system (UAS), Fury, is repeatedly flying long-term
durability test exercises as the company plans it for low-rate manufacture.
In flight assessments since May 2016, Fury has flown over
200 hours and dependably confirmed over 12-hour durability, while concurrently functioning
100 pounds of payloads, comprising electro-optical/infrared reconnaissance schemes,
voice communiqués transmits, SATCOM connections, and numerous signals communication
payloads.
The ramp-up in flight assessments and exhibitions has expanded
considerably. Fury has accomplished above 400 flight assessment hours, with substantial
upsurge in the second half of 2016.
"These flight tests have consistently proven that Fury
is a true 'anytime, anywhere' tactical Group 3 aircraft. Fury can be deployed
to execute strategic and tactical Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
missions with endurance and capability previously found only in Group 4
systems," revealed Kevin Westfall, Director of Unmanned Systems at
Lockheed Martin, adding, "We continue to investment internally in Fury to
deliver this proven, critical capability at the best value for our
customers."
Lockheed Martin recurrently flies Fury at its functioning
base at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona where the squad encloses pre-planned
product enhancements to advance the Fury competence. Fury can sustain numerous
payload assimilation, making it conceivable to competently accomplish numerous assignments
with a single aircraft.
Furthermore, infrastructure is in position at Lockheed
Martin production services to swiftly transport Fury and to swiftly expand to
full-rate production requirements, Westfall revealed. Lockheed Martin is in deliberations
with prospective domestic as well as worldwide clients.
Lockheed Martin has five decades of knowledge in unmanned
and self-governing schemes for air, land and sea. From the deepness of the
ocean to the rarified air of the stratosphere, Lockheed Martin's unmanned schemes
aids U.S army, civil and business clients achieve their most tough tasks.
With its headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin
is a worldwide defense and aerospace enterprise that employs about 97,000
people globally and is chiefly involved in the exploration, design, expansion, production,
assimilation and sustainment of sophisticated expertise schemes, products and facilities.
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