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AAI UAS, CERDEC, Enter CRADA For UAS Payloads

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

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AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) [TXT], yesterday said it has entered into a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Communications-Electronic Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC). The CRADA enables AAI UAS and CERDEC to work together on various payloads for three classes of UAS--tactical, small and miniature, also known as Groups 1, 2 and 3. “AAI has decades of experience designing, manufacturing, operating and supporting UAS, and we bring this collective…

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