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Mayman Aerospace will unveil a full-scale model of its latest Razor P100 air utility vehicle at the Special Operations Forces Week event in Tampa, Florida, from May 6 to 10. The 100-pound-payload autonomous vehicle is the first in a planned family of product developments from the U.S. start-up’s Speeder design, with a 500-pound P500 expected to follow soon as it scales up the airframe to a 1,000-pound payload.
According to Mayman, the Razor vehicles could be enlisted for a variety of contested logistics missions or equipped intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance sorties with advanced sensors. The larger models could be armed with Hellfire or Brimstone missiles for precision attacks, deployed as low-cost cruise missiles, or used for electronic warfare, suppressing enemy air defenses, or as target drones.
The California-based company expects to have the first Razor prototype ready to start flight testing in the third quarter of this year. It says the vehicles could be deployed from ground positions, as well as from aircraft and ships, and will be able to fly at speeds of up to Mach 0.75.
According to Mayman, it already holds letters of intent from customers in Europe and Australia for prospective orders worth $120 million. The company has also secured $3.25 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense.
This week, Mayman announced that it is developing an artificial intelligence-based, autonomous operating system for the Razor vehicles. It said the new SkyField technology will be integrated into existing battlefield management systems.

News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

Mayman Unveils Razor Air Utility Vehicles for Military Roles

The new family builds on the company's earlier Speeder design

Mayman Aerospace's Razor air vehicles could be used in combat zones for missions such as intelligence gathering and precision attacks.

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