History in the making: The HCMC Mk 1 cargo UAS was on deck after a first landing on HMS Prince of Wales

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Flights were conducted from Predannack, a satellite airfield for the Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, which is now a training facility for unmanned aviation

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German Moreno, W Autonomous Systems’ head of flight operations

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The HCMC Mk 1 is a light alloy, twin-boom uncrewed fixed-wing aircraft powered by two four-stroke fuel-injected engines. While marked with ‘Royal Navy’ roundels and insignia for the carrier landing demonstration, the aircraft is not on the military register

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A fuel sample from Prince of Wales was loaded into the HCMC payload bay and flown back to Predannack

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The HCMC Mk 1 has been engineered as a simple, rugged, ultra-reliable STOL UAS

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Royal Navy deck crew inspect the HCMC Mk 1 cargo UAS on the flightdeck after landing on HMS Prince of Wales

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