13-05-2025
Cutting-edge drones coming to the US Navy
(NewsNation) — Exciting developments are on the way for the U.S. Navy as new drones could soon be making a debut.
The new drones are capable of flying longer distances and will reportedly make the process of delivering vital supplies to U.S. ships easier.
Aerospace company PteroDynamics received a $7 million contract with the Navy to develop its newest drone model. NewsNation got an exclusive look at how they work and what they will be used for.
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If there's an aircraft carrier out in the Pacific Ocean in need of a critical part they don't have, it's costly and it's dangerous to use a helicopter to transport it, that's when the drones will be used.
'We're able to take off and land without a runway,' Tim Whitehand, head engineer with PteroDynamics, said. 'We can go and operate out of any austere location, whether it be up here in the mountains in Colorado, or on the deck of a small or a large ship, or even the deck of a small ship by the fact that we actually don't need a runway, it can take off vertically, and the wings fold. And it's nice and compact. We can get in and out of more places.'
PteroDynamics is also developing another drone called the XV5, a model that is 19 feet long. The Navy said the newest drones are what they need, something larger and faster that can go farther distances and be able to carry heavier loads.
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