Smaller Is Better For Army UAS
February 05, 2011
The US Army wants to increase dramatically the number of small unmanned aircraft in the hands of its solders (you can read Amy Butler's story here). Where now there are 17 RQ-11 Ravens in a brigade combat team (BCT), the Army plans to increase this to 49 "family of systems" SUAS.
Initially the family will comprise AeroVironment's 4.2lb Raven plus its bigger 13lb Puma and smaller 0.95lb Wasp, but the Army has its eye on a new family of systems. And it could be big business.
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