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Homeland Security

GE In Agreement With FAA To Research UAS Integration Into National Air Space

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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

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General Electric [GE] yesterday said its Aviation unit has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to assess the integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System, including the assessment of Next-Generation Trajectory-Based Operations. A related agreement supported by the FAA includes cooperation between GE and AAI Corp., a unit of Textron [TXT], calling for test flights this year of the AAI Shadow Tactical UAS to demonstrate the ability to integrate…

Pentagon

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Congress

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Army

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Unmanned Systems

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