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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Aurora Selected by Raytheon for DARPA PCAS Program

A-10C ThunderboltAurora Flight Sciences today announced its selection by Raytheon Corporation as a team member for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program.

Raytheon's PCAS solution aims to develop technologies that significantly reduce the timeline for close air support through improved coordination among Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs), airborne sensors and weapon systems.

Aurora will be the air vehicle platform lead and will be responsible for leveraging its extensive unmanned systems technology to develop an unmanned version of the Air Force’s A-10 aircraft for demonstrating the PCAS technology.

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