AACUS - A utility helicopter lands in the middle of the Urban Training Center, Landing Zone Egret aboard the west side of Marine Corps Base Quantico using the Autonomous Ariel Cargo Utility System.
Lance Cpl. Cody Barss explains how he landed a helicopter utilizing an Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System prototype to Rear Adm. Matt Klunder, chief of naval research, left, and Col. Andrew MacMannis, deputy director for the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, during a demonstration at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Feb. 27, 2014. According to the Office of Naval Research, the system is designed to enable autonomous approaches and landings at unprepared landing sites, minimally supervised by field operators with no special training, for manned or unmanned rotary-wing aircraft - Lance Cpl. Cody Barss explains how he landed a helicopter utilizing an Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System prototype to Rear Adm. Matt Klunder, chief of naval research, left, and Col. Andrew MacMannis, deputy director for the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, during a demonstration at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Feb. 27, 2014. According to the Office of Naval Research, the system is designed to enable autonomous approaches and landings at unprepared landing sites, minimally supervised by field operators with no special training, for manned or unmanned rotary-wing aircraft