Th? US A?m? h?s iss??? ? s???c?s s???ht n?tic? ??? ? n?w, l?w-c?st ?nm?nn?? ?i?c???t s?st?m (UAS) th?t c?n s?????t ?nit t??inin? ?n? ?????ti?ns.

P??lish?? ?n N?v?m??? 9, th? n?tic? st?t?? th?t th? n?w ???n? c??l? ?? n?n-??v?l??m?nt?l ?? c?mm??ci?l.

Acc???in? t? th? s??vic?, int???st?? v?n???s sh??l? s??mit in???m?ti?n ????t ? s?st?m th?t c?sts l?ss th?n $3,000 ?n? h?s ???/ni?ht vis??l c????ilit?.

It m?st ?ls? ?? c????l? ?? ?l?in? ??? ?v?? 30 min?t?s ?n? c?v??in? ? ??n?? ?? ?? t? 5 kil?m?t??s (3.1 mil?s).

A??iti?n?ll?, v?n???s ??? ????i??? t? incl??? ?ncill??? ???i?m?nt s?ch ?s ? c?mm?n?-?n?-c?nt??l s?l?ti?n, ??tt??i?s, c??lin?, s???? ???ts, ?n? ?n ?????t??/m?int?n?nc? m?n??l in th?i? s??missi?ns.

A??iti?n?l R???i??m?nts

P??tici??tin? c?m??ni?s h?v? ?ntil N?v?m??? 22 t? s??mit th?i? whit? ????? ??s??ns?s, incl??in? ? ??t?il?? ??sc?i?ti?n ?? th? UAS ?n? its s?ns??’s ??????m?nc?.

T?chnic?l s??ci?ic?ti?ns ??? ??t? link ?? ???i?s, ??t? ?nc???ti?n, ?v?il??l? ?li?ht m???s, ?n? ?n? ???iti?n?l ??ncti?ns th?t s?????t ??c?nn?iss?nc?, s??v?ill?nc?, ?n? t????t ?c??isiti?n m?st ?ls? ?? ???vi???.

Onc? s??missi?ns ??? ?ss?ss??, th? ??m? will s?l?ct v?n???s wh?s? ?????s ??? m?st lik?l? t? ??ss ??t??? c?m??titi?ns.

Fi?ms m?? ?ls? ?? invit?? t? ??m?nst??t? th?i? ?????s?? c????ilit?.

Th? US A?m? cl??i?i?? th?t th? s???c?s s???ht n?tic? will ?? ??? ?l?nnin? ?????s?s ?nl? ?n? will n?t c?nstit?t? ? ?????st ??? ?????s?l.