Robinson Helicopter Company, which in March unveiled a future family of autonomous rotorcraft, will turn its venerable R66 into an uncrewed asset for defense applications.
Skyryse—which bills its SkyOS platform as a universal operating system for flight, capable of simplifying the controls of any aircraft—on Tuesday revealed it is working with the manufacturer’s Robinson Unmanned unit to develop a Group 4 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) for a wide range of military missions. The partners said the SkyOS-equipped R66 will be capable of launching effects, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, and even crewed-uncrewed teaming as a collaborative combat aircraft (CCA).
