US Army Turns Resupply Drone Into Rocket Launcher in New Test

Army turns resupply drone into rocket launcher in new test

Though the drone was designed to haul supplies across the battlefield, the Army recently tried turning it into a rocket launcher.

US Army turns resupply drone into rocket launcher in new test

Though the drone was designed to haul supplies across the battlefield, the Army recently tried adding a new capability to its body to see if it could do something else entirely: fire rockets. During an experiment at Fort Rucker, Alabama, defense industry partners successfully attached a three-shot weapon system on a Tactical Resupply Vehicle, or TRV 150 drone, in an attempt to fire 70 millimeter rockets, according to an Tuesday Army release. The…

Company tests rocket launchers on logistics drones in Fort Rucker experiment

The test involved the Tactical Resupply Drone 150, an autonomous quadcopter, which successfully fired a three-shot rocket launcher.

New rocket-firing drone successfully tested at Fort Rucker

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (WDHN) — A new drone-mounted rocket launcher system was tested — with success — at the home of Army Aviation, demonstrating technology that could bring precision strike capability directly to frontline Army battalions. On May 20, defense industry partners successfully tested a new, three-shot rocket launcher mounted to a logistics drone at [...]