Testing times for BAE’s UAV

is to work with the

Air Warfare Centre on a project to integrate the company’s HERTI Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) System into

military exercises. This will be the first time a fully autonomous UAV has been introduced into military exercises in the

.

Called “Project Morrigan”, the programme is initially intended to run for two years. It will enable the introduction of BAE Systems’ fully autonomous HERTI System into progressively more complex military exercises, in order to better understand the contribution autonomous UAV systems can make in the joint battlespace.

Mark Kane, Managing Director of BAE Systems’ Autonomous Systems & Future Capability (Air) and Air Commodore Tim Anderson, Commandant of the Air Warfare Centre (AWC), signed the agreement. The contract is between the Air Warfare Centre’s Unmanned Air Vehicle Battlelab (AUB), the Ministry of Defence, and BAE Systems.

Established earlier this year, the AUB’s Mission Directive is to test, evaluate and develop the potential for UAVs to be integrated into the Joint Operational air environment and deliver effective operational capabilities.