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AFCENT Looking for Endurance Drones to Fill New Requirement

AFCENT Looking for Endurance Drones to Fill New Requirement
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U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT)'s Task Force-99 wants to buy new Group 3 low-speed endurance drones weighing between 60 and 200 pounds, a low payload capacity of 5 to 22 pounds, a flight endurance of 14 hours to 24 hours, a range of 781 to 1,550 miles, and a ceiling between 4,000 feet and 18,000 feet, and a speed between 60 and 120 miles per hour. Drones meeting some or all of such requirements include the ShieldAI V-BAT and the…

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