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IAI Hopes To Demonstrate UASs To Army, Marine Corps Next Year

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Friday, October 14th, 2011

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) plans to demonstrate two of its UASs to the Army and Marine Corps next year, a company official said. IAI displayed the two systems at the Association of the United States Army exposition in Washington this week. Panther is a tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle designed for vertical take-off and-landing for tactical missions, said Shmuel Yachin, ISI's chief coordinator for ground systems. Panther carries cameras for day-and-night surveillance as well as a laser that can paint potential…

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