BAE Systems reported on 21 October that its modified Malloy Aeronautics T-150 uncrewed aircraft, designated TRV-150, engaged multiple one-way attack drone targets during a US Office of the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering experiment. The test took place at Eglin Air Force Base in late September. The supplier says the aircraft carried a three-pod launcher for laser-guided APKWS rockets and engaged several targets in succession without landing to reload.
Why the test matters
A single drone carrying more than one interceptor could respond to successive threats before returning for rearming. BAE says the trial builds on an earlier single-shot precision-weapon firing from an adapted T-150, so the newly reported milestone is multiple engagements in one sortie. SURVICE Engineering adapted the TRV-150 for US Army requirements, while BAE's FalconWorks team developed and integrated the APKWS modification kit.
The supplier reports successful interceptions but gives no target count, launch distance, engagement geometry, probability of kill, rocket expenditure or independent test report. Its description of a production-ready launcher should not be read as production approval for the full aircraft-and-weapon configuration. BAE separately says the T-150 has served UK military logistics missions; that operational logistics use does not establish operational counter-drone use of the armed TRV-150.
Next evidence to watch
The team says it intends to explore maritime use. That is a future development objective, not a completed shipboard counter-UAS trial. Further instrumented tests, customer evaluations and a fielding decision would show whether the configuration can move beyond experimental integration. The site's Malloy system profile and counter-UAS sector provide context for the aircraft and the wider detection-to-interception chain.
Publication history
- — Added the reported multi-target TRV-150 trial while distinguishing it from earlier single-shot tests and operational acceptance.
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