In early May, Aurora Flight Sciences' Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) successfully delivered cargo to U.S. Marines in an integrated training exercise at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. According to Aurora Flight Sciences, AACUS completed its first closed-loop mission from takeoff to landing for its intended purpose of actual cargo resupply to Marines, as it successfully completed an autonomous cargo sustainment flight delivering more than 500 pounds of water, gasoline, MREs, and replacement communications gear including a packed cooler to represent urgently required cargo such as blood.
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