ALTAEROS ANNOUNCES DEMONSTRATION IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND INDIANA NATIONAL GUARD-SPONSORED EXERCISE, T-REX 24-2
Altaeros ST-Flex deployed a critical radar and secure communications payload to support the exercise.
Camp Atterbury, Indiana, USA., September 26, 2024 — Autonomous Aerostat Innovator, Altaeros, announced their successful demonstration in the Technology Readiness Experimentation T-REX 24-2 exercise, sponsored by the Department of Defense (DOD), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), and Indiana National Guard. Altaeros provided an ST-Flex aerostat and demonstrated autonomous features and benefits such as launch, recovery, active flight controls and high mission availability while showcasing a multifunctional payload including IMSAR’s NSP-7 Aerostat Radar, Silvus Technologies’ Streamcaster SC4400E 4×4 MIMO radio, and Trillium’s HD80 EO/IR sensor. The event took place August 19 – 28 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana (CAIN).
T-REX 24-2 is a full-scale exercise that allows Industry partners to demonstrate selected technologies in an operationally relevant environment. The exercise is intended to build a body of evidence to enable senior leaders to transition warfighting capabilities. ST-Flex achieved 98% uptime operating 24/7 through the duration of the exercise. The payload onboard ST-Flex was flown at a height of 1000ft above ground level to support many other demonstrations during the event. ST-Flex hosted a critical aerial node that provided a critical capability to bridge communications across the Army and all industry partners – delivering a powerful, scalable, and EW resilient Silvus Technologies MANET mesh network for use during the event. This multifunctional payload also provided radar and visual cuing allowing multi-domain data sharing across the entire exercise. Altaeros’ unique payload bay allows multiple technologies to be integrated on a single platform at a great height for extended periods of time, when historically these capabilities may have needed multiple and/or separate pieces of infrastructure to be deployed in the same scenario.
“T-REX 24-2 was an impactful exercise that showcased cutting-edge innovation in the defense space. We are honored to have demonstrated ST-Flex alongside a multitude of innovative technologies,” said Altaeros President, Jeff Lloyd-Jones, “Our team and our government sponsors have come away from this event inspired by the impact these technologies will have on the modern battlefield coupled with our ST-Flex persistent aerial platform.”
Altaeros’ patented autonomous control system, Aerostat Autopilot™, eliminates the need for a traditional ground crew to perform all day-to-day aerostat operations including launching, landing, and ongoing flight operation. Eliminating the ground crew extends mission availability in challenging wind conditions, while simplifying logistics and operations. Each ST-Flex is rapidly deployable and can carry up to 132 lbs of mission-critical payload in support of crucial defense missions.
Learn more about Aerostat Autopilot: https://www.altaeros.com/aerostat-autopilot/
About Altaeros
Altaeros is the world’s premier autonomous aerostat innovator. Altaeros’ patented autonomous control system, Aerostat Autopilot™, eliminates the need for a traditional ground crew to perform all day-to-day aerostat operations including launching, landing, and ongoing flight operation. Eliminating the ground crew extends mission availability in challenging wind conditions, while simplifying logistics and operations.
Altaeros is headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts and operates an R&D Center in Fremont, New Hampshire. All Altaeros aerostats are assembled in the USA.
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