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Army

American Dynamics Flight Systems Looks At High Speed VTOL UAS

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

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American Dynamics Flight Systems is working on a next generation high-speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that can be a game changer on the battlefield, the company leader said. “You want to get there fast and have the assets to change the battle,” Wayne Morse, president and CEO of American Dynamics Flight Systems, said in a recent interview. That change could come from his company's AD-150 with payloads that could range from rockets to intelligence, surveillance,…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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