The Apollo R is a micro-drone carried by US Army high-altitude balloons. It was demonstrated during Exercise Orient Shield 26 at Hokkaido, Japan in September, launched from a micro-High-Altitude Balloon as part of the Army's development of balloon-based aerial platforms for surveillance and operations.
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Airframe / lift type | Fixed-wing |
| Control / autonomy level | Fully autonomous (human-off-the-loop, AI-navigated) |
| Domain | Aerial (UAV/UAS) |
| Mission / use case – military | Comms relay, ISR |
| Propulsion | Solar-augmented |
| Range / endurance | Long endurance (>24 hrs) |
| Confidence | low |