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AeroVironment DDL Included In New Raven UAS Army Contract

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Thursday, February 12th, 2009

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AeroVironment's[AVAV] Digital Data Link (DDL) will be part of the Army's $16.7 million contract for 50 new RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial vehicle systems. The production order was issued under an existing contract and includes initial spares packages and DDL retrofit kits for 206 existing Ravenr systems. The introduction of AV's DDL follows several years of internally funded research and development in addition to a $7.6 million contract awarded in October 2008 for the completion of R&D activities. "This Digital Data…

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