What Happened
Autonomous Modular Payload Aircraft For Defense Needs
Oshkosh Defense has entered a strategic partnership with Grid Aero to prepare the autonomous Lifter aircraft for large-scale manufacturing. The collaboration will focus on production engineering, manufacturing design, and supply chain planning, with the goal of demonstrating production-ready autonomous logistics aircraft to defense customers. The partnership aims to address the Department of War’s urgent need for resilient, autonomous aircraft solutions in contested environments. This development was reported by Defensehere.