BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics demonstrated the capabilities of the T-600 unmanned heavy-lift aircraft during a major NATO exercise in Portugal to integrate the latest maritime technologies into the armed forces.
The T-600 is an electrically powered demonstration aircraft that can take off and land vertically, carry a payload of 200 kilograms and reach speeds of up to 140 km/h. Depending on the payload, it has a range of up to 80 kilometers. Depending on the payload, it has a range of up to 80 kilometers. It is about the size of a small car and is designed so that it can be easily dismantled for transportation. During the multinational exercise, the demonstrator successfully dropped an inert submarine torpedo of the Sting Ray training variant for the first time during a flight mission at sea.
Dave Quick, Head of Underwater Weapons, BAE Systems Maritime Services, said of the T-600: “Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are quick to launch and easy to transport. They are another way of keeping more costly assets and their crews out of harm’s way and will play an increasing role in ASW alongside crewed helicopters and dedicated ASW surface vessels. With UAS-launched Sting Ray, torpedoes could be carried by a variety of naval platforms, increasing operational flexibility in Sting Ray deployment.” https://militaeraktuell.at/oesterreich-verstaerkt-die-eu-truppen-in-bosnien/ The exercise, known as REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping with Maritime Uncrewed Systems), involved 15 NATO partners as well as Ireland and Sweden. It provides a safe and controlled area for testing concepts, requirements and new and advanced technologies related to detachable maritime systems. From the Austrian side Schiebel also took part in the exercise.
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