Cummings Aerospace and ATRX signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of high-speed unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The companies will work together to integrate a high-speed turbo-rocket onto a proven airframe with the goal of developing affordable UAS that can fly at supersonic and hypersonic speeds.

Cummings Aerospace's Hellhound™ UAS: A versatile unmanned aircraft with multiple specialized variants. For this partnership, Cummings Aerospace will develop a new version designed to accommodate a hypersonic-capable engine.

"The modern battlefield demands systems that are capable of flying faster and further into contested airspace," said Sheila Cummings, CEO of Cummings Aerospace. "This partnership with ATRX will allow us to develop ATR-powered UAS that can offer both of these characteristics in a single vehicle, at an affordable price."

"Cummings Aerospace is the perfect partner, considering the impressive work they've already done for the U.S. DOD. We're excited about this partnership because it will significantly simplify flight testing of our ATR engines," said ATRX CEO, Felix Bustos III. "Being able to validate the performance of our ATRs using a bespoke UAS based on a flight-proven airframe will de-risk and accelerate our spaceplane development efforts. Spaceplanes are very much needed with more than 50,000, mostly commercial, satellites that need to be launched into orbit in the next few years."

Cummings Aerospace, a Native American Woman-Owned Small Business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, is an aerospace engineering company delivering responsible weapon system solutions for defense modernization and readiness. Cummings Aerospace expertise encompasses the design, development, production and sustainment of missile systems, hypersonic vehicles, radars, command and control systems, and associated technologies.

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Source: prnewswire.com

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