World-Record Drone Flight Completed Using Motors Assembled at US Army Depot

World-record drone flight completed using motors assembled at US Army depot

The small unmanned aircraft system flew for more than eight hours in the desert heat. The drone achieved the milestone using critical propulsion components assembled by the Army's organic industrial base.

U.S. Army-built drone motors power record 521-minute flight in push to secure domestic component supply chains for military drones

U.S. Army-manufactured motors powered a Group 1 drone to an endurance record of 521 minutes and 43 seconds during a Defense Contract Management Agency event on July 16.