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UAS Hunter satellite-guided weapons' testing completed

Herndon, USA - New GPS Viper Strike systems for the US Army

Northrop Grumman announced today that it has successfully completed testing of the new GPS-guided Viper Strike (VS) weapons system on the Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the US Army since 1996. GPS VS will soon deploy to theater on board Hunter in support of contingency operations. While previous VS systems required the Hunter to be directly overhead, GPS VS offers the advantage...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1108780
Rome, Italy, 09/01/2009 18:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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