Textron and Thales have successfully launched a Fury missile from an RQ-7 Shadow UAV.
The Fury, a lightweight, guided glide weapon, hit static vehicle targets at the Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona in April, according to a Textron news release.
“The Fury was released from 8,000 feet altitude, conducted a Global Positioning System (GPS) guided fly-out maneuver and transitioned to the Semi-Active Laser (SAL) guided terminal engagement, directly striking a static vehicle target,” Textron said.
“We are pleased with the test results and development progress of the Fury weapon system — the latest test proved out the GPS and SAL guidance capability from 8,000 feet and was a significant incremental step in the weapon’s development,” said Brian Sinkiewicz, Textron’s senior vice president for weapon and sensor systems. “To date, the tests have demonstrated that the lightweight weapon features a mature and proven warhead and accurate guidance system paired with a fully integrated aircraft solution. With these results, we believe the Fury system could be a great complement to the Shadow TUAS [tactical unmanned aircraft system], other UAS or light attack aircraft.”
