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Aurora Flight Sciences Unveils Orion UAS

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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

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Aurora Flight Sciences recently unveiled the Orion unmanned aerial system, a flight vehicle demonstrator that will stay aloft for up to five days. Orion was selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory in late August to meet the objectives of the Medium Altitude Global ISR and Communications (MAGIC) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD). "Orion was developed under the MAGIC JCTD program to meet CENTCOM's urgent operational need and deliver this capability rapidly to our nation's war fighters," said Aurora CEO…

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