Red Cat Holdings has added Arastelle Drone Solutions, a developer of modular tethered Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), to its Red Cat Futures Initiative as part of its effort to accelerate advanced autonomous systems for modern warfare.
Through the Futures Initiative, an industry-wide consortium, the collaboration will integrate Arastelle’s tactical tethering technology with Red Cat’s Family of Systems, including the Black Widow™ platform.
This provides users with persistent Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and communications relay capabilities without the flight-time limitations of battery-powered operations. By supplying power via a tether, the system supports extended endurance and allows drones to operate as a Variable Height Antenna (VHA).
Arastelle’s lightweight system is designed for portability and rapid deployment in austere environments, featuring a backpack-sized kit that can be managed by a single operator. The system also includes options for hot-swappable power sources to further extend mission duration.
