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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