CAPSTONE Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

• Operating environments: Keevil Airfield flight demonstration, Project MORRIGHAN flight demonstrations, Keevil Airfield, Project MORRIGHAN flight demonstrations, Project MORRIGHAN trials
• Control modes: Autonomous
• ISR and tactical support - Demonstrated - 2026-02-23 - Flew an ASW test configuration and relayed replayed sonobuoy acoustic data through a UYS-506 processor and ground stations. - environment: Keevil Airfield flight demonstration - Hardware: GDMS UYS-506 acoustic processor; Sonobuoy equipment; QinetiQ QSDC replayed acoustic data; Starlink SATCOM - Control: unspecified - source: certoaero.com
• Cargo delivery - Demonstrated - 2026-01-06 - Picked up, transported and dropped off logistics carriage systems during autonomous test flights. - environment: Project MORRIGHAN flight demonstrations, Keevil Airfield - Hardware: Application-specific Project MORRIGHAN carriage system; Manual or automated attachment configuration - Control: autonomous - source: certoaero.com
• Casualty evacuation - Demonstrated - 2026-01-06 - Demonstrated carriage of the Rapid-ACE casualty-evacuation system during Project MORRIGHAN trials. - environment: Project MORRIGHAN flight demonstrations, Keevil Airfield - Hardware: Blackspace Technology Rapid-ACE CASEVAC carriage system - Control: autonomous - source: certoaero.com