US Navy tests Platform Vanilla UAV glider in Arctic North with NPS' energy-aware aerial flight software POTION.

The US Navy has recently completed a long-term project, in partnership with the Naval Postgraduate School and the Naval Research Laboratory, involving the testing of the Platform Vanilla UAV in the Arctic North. This project aimed to optimize the energy-aware aerial flight of the UAV. The combination of the Navy Postgraduate School's flight path planning software, named POTION, with Platform Aerospace's Vanilla UAV was put to the test in the challenging environment of the North Slope of Alaska.

January 27, 2024
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