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AeroVironment To Work Small, Stealthy UAS For DARPA

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Thursday, August 21st, 2008

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AeroVironment Inc.(AVAV) yesterday announced it received $4.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) capable of performing "hover/perch and stare" missions. The stealthy, persistent, perch and stare (SP2S) UAS is based on AeroVironment's (AV) small Wasp UAS, a one-pound, 29-inch wingspan battery-powered air vehicle that is being procured and deployed by both the Air Force and Marines. The goal of the SP2S program is to develop the technology to allow…

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