Onyx is an autonomous precision airdrop system that fulfills precision airdrop requirements under the U.S. Army’s Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) program. Existing airdrop methods expose ground forces conducting resupply operations to the growing threat from insurgents’ low-cost improvised explosive devices (IEDs); air crews are exposed to threat from man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). Onyx systems can be likened to smart bombs, but for the safe, precision delivery of cargo. VIDEO->
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