{"id":6737,"date":"2020-03-13T16:56:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T11:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terra-drone.net\/global\/?p=6737"},"modified":"2020-03-13T16:56:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T11:26:02","slug":"c-astral-atlas-c4eye-tactical-drone-isr-us-special-operations-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terra-drone.net\/global\/2020\/03\/13\/c-astral-atlas-c4eye-tactical-drone-isr-us-special-operations-command\/","title":{"rendered":"C-Astral ATLAS C4EYE mini tactical drone for ISR missions successfully flown at US Special Operations Command evaluations"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) sUAS drone developed by Terra Drone group company C-Astral Aerospace was tested and flown during EOTACS 2020<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Atlas C4EYE during the EOTACS evaluations at the McMillan Airfield on the Camp Roberts Army National Guard Base in central CaliforniaSlovenia\/Tokyo \u2013 March 13, 2020 \u2013<\/strong> ATLAS C4EYE, a fixed-wing mini tactical drone developed by Terra Drone<\/a> member company C-Astral Aerospace<\/a>, has successfully completed the 2020 Expeditionary Organic Tactical Airborne ISR Capability Set (EOTACS) evaluation conducted by the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).<\/p>\n

C-Astral\u2019s US-based distributor, Planet Inhouse, demonstrated the capabilities of the ATLAS C4EYE sUAS to USSOCOM observers from Feb 24 to Feb 27, 2020. These observers included experts from combat development directorates as well as operators from the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), and the Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC-WARCOM).<\/p>\n

The ATLAS C4EYE team completed the final reconnaissance scenario without any technical malfunctions and without being detected by the observing red force units. The team also successfully demonstrated night operations, \u2018Cursor On Target\u2019 functionality with on-the-fly annotations of the points of interest and targets, full interoperability, and blue force tracking capability. The evaluations were led by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) teams and took place on and from the McMillan Airfield on the Camp Roberts Army National Guard Base in central California.<\/p>\n

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The ATLAS C4EYE successfully cleared the following EOTACS evaluation parameters:<\/p>\n

Cyber Assessment:<\/strong> Conducted by the Joint Vulnerability Assessment Branch (JVAB) and consisting of assessments of the overall UAS, data exfiltration, RF\/cyber, onboard data storage, and forensics.<\/p>\n

Acoustic Assessment:<\/strong> Completed by\u00a0NPS researchers. The acoustic assessments created wave files for each platform, which were then analyzed for time series, spectrogram and frequency spectrum.<\/p>\n

Ground Assessment:<\/strong> Performed by an NPS data collection team to verify the manufacturer\u2019s UAS specific dimensions and logistics information.<\/p>\n

Flight Performance Assessment:<\/strong> Consisted of vehicle flight performance assessments completed by the NPS data collection team during day and night flying and \u2018real world\u2019 scenario operations.<\/p>\n

As per the USSOCOM requirements, all EOTACS drones should be capable of providing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) data to Special Operations Forces during both day and night operations and under adverse environmental conditions. The ATLAS C4EYE met all the requirements and demonstrated its platform specifications.<\/p>\n