Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Near Earth Autonomy Wins U.S. Contract for Maritime Drone Ops
Small UAS will operate in GPS-denied, communications-degraded environments
BAE Systems TRV-150
Near Earth's Firefly compact autonomy system has been integrated with BAE Systems' TRV-150, the Marine Corps' primary tactical resupply drone. © Near Earth Autonomy

Near Earth Autonomy has won a U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) contract to develop autonomous flight technology for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operating in contested maritime environments. 

Issued under an Other Transaction Agreement through the Naval Aviation Systems Consortium, the award is intended to improve the Marine Corps’ ability to conduct uncrewed resupply missions in areas where GPS and communications links may be degraded or unavailable. Pittsburgh-based Near Earth will deliver an aircraft-agnostic system enabling ship-to-shore, shore-to-ship, and ship-to-ship logistics in unprepared and hazardous environments without continuous connectivity.