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Yates Electrospace Silent Arrow

2020 MODERN AIRCRAFT DRONE TECHNOLOGY FUTURE FLIGHT

History of Yates Electrospace Silent Arrow

Few services have invested as much in research and development (R&D) related to unmanned vehicle systems as the United States Marine Corps (USMC). His warriors were often called to battle from ship to shore and to the enemy.

As a result, these forces may eventually find themselves remote from their critical supply lines or completely cut off from friendly forces, requiring a responsive, tactically consistent supply cargo delivery system. Powered by advanced processors, electronics and unmanned systems, the new battlefield will require vehicles like the U.S.

Marine Corps to win.

Enter the Arrow of Silence, a low-cost gliding drone developed by Yates Electrospace as a private company founded by Chip Yates, the record holder for electric motorcycles and electric planes. The vehicle has been in the works since 2014, and the U.S. Marine Corps is interested in the unpowered, unmanned capabilities of this compact delivery system.

The service has commissioned ten aircraft under its Marine Corps Warfare Laboratory (MCWL) branch to conduct additional active testing under more likely operating conditions.

Aircraft may be discarded from an altitude of up to 25,000 feet from the cargo hold of a passing fixed-wing (C-130 or equivalent) or rotary-wing (CH-53 or equivalent) aircraft. The hull can carry up to 700 pounds of cargo, and its boxy, slatted hull acts as its own hard-shell shipping boxfurther reducing manufacturing and procurement costs (expected to sell for less than $10,000 per unit) ). When the vehicle is ready for launch, the glider assembly is supplied and installed within the fuselage itself.

This process involves adding a pair of anterior and posterior wing principal planes as a pyramid-shaped nose cone. The result is a "streamlined" - but totally functional-looking - biplane capable of gliding to the Earth's surface in complete silence.

The program is proceeding at a healthy pace, with ground testing (since 2018) and certification planned in the near future. The aircraft is expected to be deployed from the cargo hold of a USMC MV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft in late 2018 to better simulate what a USMC fighter might expect on the ground.

The company is also investing in research related to electric air vehicles that will serve as master ships for these unpowered cargo systems creating a suite of related unmanned systems suitable for military service and playing a key role in the U.S. Marine Corps. doctrine.

In addition to its military reach, it can also intervene in humanitarian operations due to its ability to reach remote, inaccessible areas after natural disasters.

The designation ER-700 includes an electric variant of the Silent Arrow with extended range. This version can take off and land on rough airfields, further expanding the tactical capabilities of this interesting product.