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BAE Sells Small UAS Firm

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

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BAE Sells Small UAS Firm

A newly formed small company in Arizona has acquired a small business from Britain’s BAE Systems that it had purchased in 2009 to complement its offerings in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). SILVER FOX UAS. Photo: Sensintel Sensintel, Inc., acquired the Tucson-based company that makes small UAS such as the SILVER FOX system used by the Marine Corps and the MANTA and COYOTE systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sensintel has 30 employees. BAE acquired the business, known originally as Advanced Ceramics…

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