L3Harris integrates MQ-72C for fourth autonomous flight test

Apr 24, 2026 · Demonstration · L3Harris Technologies · Defense

Airbus, L3Harris, Shield AI and Parry Labs completed a fourth autonomous MQ-72C Lakota Connector flight test with all four partners’ technologies operating together.

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  • The test used an H-145 aircraft configured as the autonomous MQ-72C prototype.
  • L3Harris provides the programme’s digital backbone and lead systems-integration work.
  • The aircraft flew autonomously, avoided obstacles and landed under representative conditions.

L3Harris Technologies is a U.S. defense technology company supplying communications, sensors, mission systems, and autonomy-enabling components across air, maritime, space, and undersea domains.