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Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) provides a material resupply for Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 8, based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC during the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Expeditionary Hybrid Logistics experiment conducted in conjunction with Integrated Training Exercise 3-18 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA, May 14, 2018. During this experiment, AACUS successfully conducted multiple resupply missions of varying distance and payload, and received fuel from a forward aerial refuel point (FARP). Both events were firsts for the program.
180514-O-NQ873-256.JPG Photo By: Matt Lyman

Aug 5, 2025
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) provides a material resupply for Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 8, based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC during the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Expeditionary Hybrid Logistics experiment conducted in conjunction with Integrated Training Exercise 3-18 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA, May 14, 2018. During this experiment, AACUS successfully conducted multiple resupply missions of varying distance and payload, and received fuel from a forward aerial refuel point (FARP). Both events were firsts for the program.


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