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Unmanned Systems

Envision Tech, Strategic Logix Also Selected For Army FPV Drone Program

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

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Envision Tech, Strategic Logix Also Selected For Army FPV Drone Program

Strategic Logix offers a fiber optic-tethered FPV drone. Photo: Strategic Logix

The Army this fall also selected Envision Technology and Strategic Logix to supply low-cost first person view (FPV) drones for use across its platoons, a service spokesperson told Defense Daily on Tuesday. In November, Neros Technologies said it was one of three companies awarded contracts for the first tranche of the Army’s Purpose-Built Attritable Systems (PBAS) program for cheap, modular FPV drones (Defense Daily, Nov. 10). Award values have not been disclosed. Additional awards are planned for 2026. “The PBAS…

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