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Army Nearing Deployment of Gimbal-Equipped Raven UAVs

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

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LAS VEGAS--The Army has begun taking delivery of AeroVironment’s [AVAV] latest version of the Raven unmanned aerial vehicle that is gimbal equipped with simultaneous infrared and electro-optical imagery for 360-degree vision, an Army officer overseeing the program said recently. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Poquette, the assistant project manager for small unmanned aerial systems (SUAS), said the Army plans to begin deploying the upgraded Ravens to theater this fall, bringing an added capability to the Ravens that have been fielded in Iraq…

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