Bell Textron has been selected by Near Earth Autonomy to provide a Bell 505 airframe for prototyping an autonomous aerial logistics aircraft under the US Marine Corps’ Aerial Resupply Vehicle, Expeditionary Logistics Increment 2 programme, according to Bell. The programme aims to prototype an uncrewed logistics aircraft capable of tactical-edge resupply in contested environments, serving as a middle-weight uncrewed logistics asset. The contract …