GA-ASI Avenger equipped with Lockheed Martin Legion pod autonomously follows target aircraft

SAN DIEGO - August 2021 - For the first time ever, over the high desert of southern California on July 2, 2021, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) used an Avenger(R) Unmanned Aircraft System equipped with a Lockheed Martin Legion Pod(R) to autonomously track and follow targets of interest. This industry-funded demonstration brings military aviators one step closer to gaining autonomous systems that support manned-unmanned teaming [...]