Article Posted on : - Dec 02, 2011

SAN DIEGO (BNS): BAE Systems and AVX Aircraft Company have combined expertise in system and subsystem integration and rotorcraft design to compete for the US Navy's Medium Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial System (MRMUAS).

The joint team recently submitted its response to the Navy's Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to develop this future sea and land-based vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial system.

The MRMUAS will provide multi-intelligence, reconfigurable platform for operation from all air-capable ships, BAE said.

This solution integrates AVX's patented new aircraft configuration with BAE Systems' onboard common autonomous mission systems, payloads, mission control system and support capabilities to provide the US Navy a weapon system that exceeds MRMUAS mission requirements at low total ownership cost, it added.