Rotorcraft Uncrewed Capability (RUC-60)

OPTIONALLY PILOTED BLACK HAWK UH-60 FOR CONTESTED LOGISTICS

*2022 perception sensor flight on Black Hawk pictured. RUC can be customized for any helicopter.

PRIMARY BENEFITS AND SERVICES

Transport 90K lbs Per Day in Contested Airspace

Autonomy enables 24/7 high-tempo, uncrewed operations. Minimize risk to personnel and maximize logistics capacity.

Field Fast &
Affordably

Retrofitting existing airframes avoids long waits and high costs for new aircraft by rapidly upgrading today's aircraft for tomorrow's logistics missions.

No Remote Pilot or Continuous Data Link

Safe flight and hazard avoidance that doesn’t require onboard crew, remote pilot, or continuous data link.

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 Dual-Crewed)
DAA (Detect and Avoid) Other Aircraft
Assured-Position Navigation Timing (A-PNT)
DVE (Degraded Visual Environment) Flight Operations

Safety Critical Autonomy

Uses Captain, a deterministic autonomy architecture for mission assurance in challenging environments.

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 135+ airframes, including Airbus, Bell, Boeing, Kaman, Leonardo, and Sikorsky.