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Army

Army Seeks Industry’s Info On Production-Ready ‘Purpose-Built Attritable Systems’

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, April 17th, 2025

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Army Seeks Industry’s Info On Production-Ready ‘Purpose-Built Attritable Systems’

Red Cat's Black Widow sUAS. Photo: Red Cat.

The Army is seeking industry’s information on potential offerings for “Purpose-Built Attritable Systems (PBAS),” detailing an interest in small, first person view (FPV) drones that are “production-ready.” A new Sources Sought notice states the Army may invite industry for a follow-on PBAS demonstration to showcase solutions that are commercially available, reusable and that have “unretrievable components,” to include uncrewed aircraft platforms and payloads. “FPV-enabled [small UAS] provide the maneuver force a low cost solution with increased maneuverability, precise lethal payload…

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