RESPONSIVE UNCREWED CAPABILITY
(RUC-60)
OPTIONALLY PILOTED BLACK HAWK UH-60 FOR CONTESTED LOGISTICS
PRIMARY BENEFITS AND SERVICES
Transport 90K lbs Per Day in Contested Airspace
Onboard autonomy enables 24/7 high-tempo, uncrewed operations. Minimize risk to personnel and maximize logistics capacity.
Field Fast &
Affordably
Converting existing airframes avoids long waits and high costs for new aircraft by rapidly upgrading today's aircraft for tomorrow's logistics missions.
Increased Assurance With Safety Critical Autonomy
Uses Captain, a deterministic autonomy architecture for mission assurance in challenging environments.
COMPLETE CONTESTED LOGISTICS SOLUTION
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Mission Autonomy: Mission, Vehicle, and Contingency Management
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Taxi, Departure, and Approach Obstacle Avoidance
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Terrain Avoidance (Low-Level Flight)
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Landing Zone Evaluation for Unprepared Environments
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Optionally Piloted (Uncrewed and Crewed)
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DAA (Detect and Avoid) Other Aircraft -
Assured-Position Navigation Timing (A-PNT) -
DVE (Degraded Visual Environment) Flight Operations
Assured Safety Without Continuous Data Link
Safe flight and hazard avoidance that doesn't require onboard crew, remote pilot, or continuous data link.
Modular, Open-Architecture Design
Future-proof the aircraft to avoid vendor lock-in and utilize increasingly high-performance sensors, algorithms, and computers.
The Trusted Autonomy for VTOL Leaders
Near Earth has over a decade of successful full-scale helicopter autonomy experience across the DoD, and 11K+ flights and over 60 aircraft types integrated.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE
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RUC-60
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