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Navy/USMC

ACR Conducts UAV Command And Control Tests From Unique Navy Ship

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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

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By Geoff Fein Advanced Ceramics Research (ACR) has been testing two of its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) from the Navy's experimental test bed ship Stiletto to determine command and control capabilities and the ability to locate submerged mines. The two UAVs, Silver Fox, a rail-launched, 25-pound UAV that carries an Electro Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) camera, and Manta, a dual rail-launched 45-pound UAV, went through testing over the past three months with the Naval Special Clearance Team 1 during Experiment Howler conducted…

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