Tel Aviv: Israeli company Elbit Systems will provide its THOR Group 2 Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) to the US Army through a partnership with Mistral Inc., under an established US cooperation framework between the companies.
This follows a US Army contract awarded to Mistral Inc., by the Army Contracting Command, for the procurement of the THOR UAS and mission payloads for the US Army’s in support of company-level small UAS needs.
Under the contract, the companies will provide THOR Group 2 UAS, a backpack portable, rapidly deployable, fully autonomous multi-rotor VTOL mini-UAS, designed to support a wide range of company level tactical missions. Avandra LLC, Elbit Systems’ US-based subsidiary, will closely pair with FUSE to provide local training, field & technical support.
The THOR Group 2 UAS is designed to provide small tactical units with an organic aerial capability supporting missions such as reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and identification, communications relay, resupply and limited cargo delivery, as well as configurable effects options, as mission requirements evolve.
Designed for fast tactical employment, THOR reduces operator workload through autonomous takeoff and landing, autonomous mission execution and multi-platform operation, while enabling rapid role changes at the point of need through modular payload integration. The system reflects a mature and configurable architecture intended to support the integration of a variety of mission payloads.
According to Yoav Poizner, Elbit Systems’ VP marketing, the US Army’s decision to select THOR as its company-level multi-rotor system, validates the technological and operational advantages offered by our solutions.
”Together, we look forward to helping deliver a dependable system that can be configured for evolving mission needs and scaled for operational demand,” Yoav Poizner added.
-The writer is an Israel-based freelance journalist. The views expressed are of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda
