U.S. Navy’s Drone Logistics Trials Take Flight

Published
Dec 27, 2022 11:01 PM by

The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) wants to bring unmanned drone cargo delivery to the fleet, and it recently completed its first at-sea testing. 

Commercial shipping companies have already tested at-sea deliveries with drones at the port of Singapore and in other markets, but the Naval Air Warfare Center believes its tests are a “first-of-a-kind” for the U.S. Navy. 

For the test, the center trialed two different unmanned…