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Boeing A160 Hummingbird To Participate In C4ISR Tests

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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

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MESA, Ariz.--A Boeing [BA] A160 Hummingbird vertical take-off unmanned aerial system will be part of a command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) On-The-Move event later this year at Ft. Dix, N.J., according to a company official. The A160 will provide full motion video and demonstrate a downlink to a Rover 5 terminal--communications relay--into the Warfighter Information-Tactical network, with funding provided by the Army's Research Development and Engineering Command's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, Mike Lavoranda, Boeing A160T Hummingbird…

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