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Army Selects Textron, Griffon Aerospace To Continue On Future Tactical UAS Competition

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023

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Army Selects Textron, Griffon Aerospace To Continue On Future Tactical UAS Competition

Textron Systems' Aerosonde Mk. 4.8 Hybrid Quad UAS. Photo: Army's PEO Aviation

The Army has chosen Textron Systems [TXT] and Griffon Aerospace to move forward in the Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) Inc. 2 program to find a Shadow drone replacement, the service announced on Tuesday. Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Sierra Nevada Corporation, who were also participating in the FTUAS Inc. 2 effort, were not selected for the second option period of the prototyping program. AeroVironment [AVAV], which had provided its JUMP 20 drone as an interim FTUAS solution, was previously eliminated from…

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