Barracuda 500 Context

Audience

Defence forces

Workflow

autonomous_air_vehicle

Specifications

• Vehicle Class: Autonomous air vehicle
• Demonstrated Flight Endurance Min: Over 30 minutes in the September 2024 end-to-end flight test
• Demonstrated Launch Method: Vertical launch from a cell emulating palletized deployment from air-lift aircraft
• Autonomy And Guidance: Autonomous navigation, Lattice target-coordinate capture and autonomous terminal guidance
• System Architecture: Weapon Open System Architecture (WOSA)-aligned modular hardware and software architecture
• Manufacturing Approach: Common subsystems, commercial components and minimal specialized tooling

Tags

• Capability: Autonomous navigation

Comparable Systems

• XTENDER - XTEND - Reconnaissance UAV
• Freefly Astro Max - Freefly Systems - UAV Package
• U145 - Airbus - UAV