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Army

Army Selects Four Firms To Continue On FTUAS Prototyping Effort

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 24th, 2023

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Army Selects Four Firms To Continue On FTUAS Prototyping Effort

Textron's RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system. (Textron)

The Army has selected Griffon Aerospace, Northrop Grumman [NOC], Sierra Nevada Corporation and Textron Systems [TXT] to continue on its rapid prototyping effort to inform its search for an enduring Shadow drone replacement, the service said Wednesday. AeroVironment [AVAV] was the only firm previously selected for the Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) program of record prototype campaign not to be awarded an option agreement for the next phase of the effort. The Army in February announced the four firms and AeroVironment…

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