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AeroVironment, Kratos Team To Integrate Tactical UAS And Missiles Into Long-Range UAS

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 7th, 2019

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AeroVironment, Kratos Team To Integrate Tactical UAS And Missiles Into Long-Range UAS

Switchblade tube-launched tactical missile. Image: AeroVironment

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Seeking to demonstrate low cost, innovative capabilities to deliver surveillance and lethality at stand-off ranges using existing systems, AeroVironment [AVAV] and Kratos Defense & Security Systems [KTOS] have teamed to integrate their tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and strike weapons into larger UAS for use in complex battle environments. Initially, the companies plan to demonstrate launch, communications and control of tube-launched tactical UAS supplied by AeroVironment from Kratos’ “mothership,” jet-powered UAS, passing information back to a ground control…

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