Fury 1500 UAS Achieves 14-Hour Duration Flight

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Oct. 6, 2011  AME Unmanned Air Systems (AME UAS) announced today another successful flight of the Fury® 1500 Special Mission Unmanned Aerial System. This new version of the Fury® was developed at AME”s UAS facility in San Luis Obispo, Calif. The Fury® is operated and controlled by AME”s UAS Mission Management software, SharkFin®. The 14.2-hour flight solidifies the Fury”s position as the longest-endurance and largest payload tactical and runway-independent UAS flying today. With the largest payload capacity (weight and volume), heavy-fuel propulsion system, highest power-to-payload, and “special mission” capable avionics, Fury 1500 will provide best-in-class capabilities to the Warfighter over a variety of mission scenarios. The Fury 1500”s first flight was in November 2010. AME recently moved to a more powerful launcher to eliminate wind and altitude launch constraints when flying above 300lbs at takeoff. “The Fury 1500 continues its recent string of successful test flights over the last few weeks. We have been demonstrating system reliability by flying back-to-back sorties and have accumulated over 109 flight hours in the last 45 days. Reaching this duration puts us alone in the category of long-endurance, large payload, tactical UAS, but we are not finished yet. We expect to achieve 16+ hours […]
Fury 1500 UAS Achieves 14-Hour Duration Flight