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Business/Financial

Northrop Grumman, Textron Team On Medium Range UAS For Navy

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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Textron's [TXT] Bell Helicopter division have teamed to develop and demonstrate a new medium- range vertical unmanned aircraft system (VUAS) called Fire-X that will be offered for a planned two-year Navy demonstration program that begins in FY '11. Fire-X will be based on Bell's manned 407 single-engine helicopter, which has a 300 nautical mile range and is used for commercial, emergency medical services, law enforcement and utility applications, and Northrop Grumman's architecture for…

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