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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 4th, 2016

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Logos Technologies Unveils Lightweight, Exportable Version of Kestrel SensorLogos Technologies this week is unveiling its new Kestrel KS-200 wide-area motion imagery sensor at the Army Association conference in Washington, D.C. The KS-200 is a lightweight version of the original Kestrel system, which has been deployed on aerostats with U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2011. Logos says the 80-pound KS-200 delivers the same performance as the original systems. “The Kestrel KS-200 is also mounted on an aerostat for long-endurance…

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