ALTIUS-600

The altius-600 is a small Tactical american uas that can launched from the air, sea, and ground tube the altius-600 UAS is part of ALTIUS (air-launched, tube-integrated, unmanned system) family of drones developed by Area I for the United States Army

development

the development of the altius-600 goes back to 2004 when the Navy awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract for the development and demonstration of a UAV that could be delivered from a Lockheed P-3 Orion anti-submarine and surveillance aircraft’s sonobuoy launch tube

testing

The drone was test-launched from the US Army’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle in June 2020. The test demonstrated the drone’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities and its ability to scout enemy locations and relay information to ground teams. an ALTIUS-600 drone was successfully air-launched from the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie long-range stealth combat unmanned aerial vehicle’s (UAV) internal weapons bay for the first time.A test conducted by Area-I, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, and with the help from Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at the US Army Yuma Proving Ground test range, Arizona, US.