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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Northrop Grumman's Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System Fielded With Automatic Takeoff and Landing System

MQ-5B HunterNorthrop Grumman Corporation has equipped and fielded its Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) with an Automatic Takeoff and Landing System (ATLS) to the Army's UAS Training Battalion, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., where it successfully completed its first launch and recovery.

Hunter, which has been in use with the Army since 1996, was originally designed using an External Pilot (EP) for take-offs and landings.

Like a radio-controlled airplane, the EP required someone manually controlling Hunter during approach and landing as well as take-off.

Using differential GPS, ATLS eliminates the need for an EP and allows Hunter to take-off and land automatically and do so precisely at pre-surveyed points on the runway.

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