Autonomous forward motion or hover air vehicle concepts to be launched from rotary wing platforms
The Innovation Exchange Programme is working with Leonardo UK Ltd Helicopters Division to help them identify forward motion or hover air vehicle concepts that can be launched from rotary wing platforms.
Opportunity
Challenge opens
18/01/2022
Challenge closes
22/02/2022
Benefit
Commercial opportunity to enhance access to market. Potential guidance from Leonardo UK Ltd Helicopters Division with support from the wider KTN and Innovate UK networks.
Introduction
Leonardo UK Ltd Helicopters Division (LHUK) is seeking to understand the potential to deliver or contribute to the delivery of capability through the deployment of drones / UAV’s defined in defence terms as Air Launched Effects (ALE). These would be launched (and recovered) from existing and future rotary wing platforms, both crewed and uncrewed, and utilise emergent teaming & swarming technologies.
Technologies of interest are forward motion or hover air vehicles capable of being launched from rotary winged platforms.
This challenge is an opportunity for those with potential solutions that meet either all or part of the challenge (either individually or collaboratively), to present their concepts to LHUK for consideration to participate in a 4-year programme of work to develop their solutions concluding with a demonstration in a realistic environment.
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