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Shadow TUAS Hits 500,000 Flight Hours

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Thursday, May 20th, 2010

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AAI Corp. [TXT] yesterday announced its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS) have amassed a record 500,000 flight hours, roughly 90 percent of which have been in support of Army and Marine combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to Project Manager Unmanned Aircraft Systems Col. Gregory Gonzalez, this milestone comes as the Army celebrates the millionth flight hour for all of its unmanned aircraft systems, including Shadow TUAS. "In April, the total number of combined hours flown by all…

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