Despite setting a world record in December, the U.S. Air Force appears to have stop testing the Orion unmanned aerial vehicle from Aurora Flight Sciences.
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The flying branch’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Lt. Gen. Robert P. “Bob” Otto, believes there is still a chance for the long-endurance UAV to be adopted for service.
“I don’t see us in the current fiscal environment wanting to invest in that to bring it forward,” Otto tells Flightglobal. “Next year it may be something different. Next year, US Africa Command might look at it and say it’s a [joint urgent operational need] that would change that answer.”