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Army Selects Two Companies for RQ-7 Shadow Replacement

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Friday, March 29th, 2019

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Army Selects Two Companies for RQ-7 Shadow Replacement

Troops in formation.

The Army has chosen two companies to produce unmanned aircraft systems to replace the RQ-7 Shadow scout drone in use since 2001. The service selected Martin UAV and Textron [TXT] subsidiary AAI Corp., the manufacturer of the Shadow, to compete for each order of the firm-fixed-price procurement contract running through March 27, 2022, with a $99.5 million ceiling cap for the award, according to the Army's Future Vertical Lift cross-functional team. The Shadow replacement, dubbed “Future Tactical UAS” or FTUAS…

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