
The U.S. Army has dedicated $12 million in its fiscal 2020 budget request to kickstart development of a Future Unmanned Aircraft System (FUAS) that eventually will replace the RQ-7B Shadow drone at the brigade level. In its fiscal 2020 base budget, the Army set aside $12.1 million to buy 12 “attrition air vehicles,” training and program manager support at an estimated unit cost of $632,500, according to Army budget documents. “The Future Unmanned Aircraft System (FUAS) is a critical system…