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General Dynamics, Elbit Systems Demonstrate New UAV

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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

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General Dynamics [GD] Armament and Technical Products and Israel's Elbit Systems' [ESLT] wholly-owned subsidiary Elbit Systems of America LLC, recently conducted the first U.S. demonstration of the Skylarkr II Small Tactical /Tier II-class Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for the U.S. military at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. The Skylark II UAS provides a covert, silent electric-propulsion system for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions and target tracking, making it unique among Tier II-class platforms, the companies said in a statement. The air…

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