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Army

More Kestrel Wide Area Surveillance Payloads To Go Operational

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

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Logos Technologies’ day/night Kestrel wide-area persistent surveillance systems are increasing their presence in Afghanistan as 10 systems will be operational in July, a company official said. “We’ve delivered all 16 systems…which are to be deployed to 10 sites,” John Marion, director of persistent surveillance for Logos Technologies, said in an interview. Ten of the systems will be operational, while six will be spares. The 150-pound, electro-optical/infrared Kestrel is the only 360-degree persistent surveillance system mounted on Army Persistent Threat Detection…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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