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Army Looking For New Inexpensive Portable Reconnaissance Drone

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, November 9th, 2018

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Army Looking For New Inexpensive Portable Reconnaissance Drone

Quadcopter drone that can be purchased commercially by anyone.

The Army is seeking a new short-range reconnaissance (SRR) drone that’s inexpensive, small enough to fit in a soldier’s pack, and simple enough to set up on the battlefield in a matter of minutes.Defense Innovation Unit, the Pentagon’s experimental technologies office, released a commercial solutions opening notice last week and will hold a series of pitch opportunities and operational evaluations to find the Army’s SRR unmanned aircraft.“SRR is intended to be an inexpensive, rucksack portable, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) small…

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