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

Mission Autonomy: Mission, Vehicle, and Contingency Management
Taxi, Departure, and Approach Obstacle Avoidance
Terrain Avoidance (Low-Level Flight)
Landing Zone Evaluation for Unprepared Environments

Optionally Piloted (Uncrewed and Crewed)
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 10K+ flights across 140+ airframes, including Airbus, Bell, Boeing, Kaman, Leonardo, and Sikorsky.