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Navy/USMC

Navy Picks Martin UAV V-BAT In Prototype Effort

Wednesday, April 28th, 2021

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Navy Picks Martin UAV V-BAT In Prototype Effort

V-BAT UAS in a stationary position. (Photo: Martin UAV)

The Navy selected Martin UAV and its V-BAT for a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) prototyping effort as a result of the Mi2 Challenge concluding this month. Originally, 13 companies responded to the Navy’s Mi2 Challenge, which the service down-selected to two vendors for the Phase 2 live demonstration event at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona: Martin UAV and L3Harris Technologies [LHX]. The Mi2 Challenge was run by Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division (NAWCAD) AIRWorks…

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