Autonomous Maritime Patrol Craft (AMPA)
Abstract
AMPA was a FY 2020 new start JCTD. AMPA supports the National Defense Strategy by developing an unmanned militarized version of the world’s largest solar aircraft, the Solar Impulse. The resulting Skydweller aircraft will be designed to stay airborne for over 90 days with excess electrical power available to simultaneously operate a suite of Sensors, Communications, Navigation, and Electronic Warfare (EW) sub-systems. This technological leap will allow a single Skydweller aircraft to more effectively perform the mission of numerous manned & unmanned ISR/configurable assets, eliminate risk to human pilots, and provide a level of persistence not available anywhere else in the military inventory, or the world. In FY 2020, AMPA produced an Implementation Directive, conducted preliminary design reviews, and drafted initial concept of operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 6ce99c406275ca8cc3d7210fa606bc84