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AeroVironment introduces new UAS "Shrike" for DARPA

Washington, USA - The new Vertical Take-off and Landing UAV was commissioned in 2008

AeroVironment has introduced the new mini Vertical Take-off and Landing Unmanned Aerial System "Shrike". It's a portable quadrotor UAV with SP2S, Stealth, Persistent Perch and Stare, capacity, developed in four years (starting from 2008) upon a commission made by DARPA, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, the government agency of the US Defense Department whose duty is to develop new technologies...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1133278
Rome, Italy, 08/31/2011 10:24
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