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GA-ASI Expands Solution Bid for Australian Air Force Drone Program

Walt Evans

Tuesday, September 4th, 2018

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on Tuesday announced the addition of Sentient Vision Systems to Team Reaper Australia, GA-ASI's bid for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) Project AIR 7003.The competition seeks to provide an Armed Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) System for the Australian Defence Force. GA-ASI is competing with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the RAAF contract, which is expected to be worth between $1 billion and $2 billion over two decades.Sentient Vision Systems is the 10th…

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