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US Army awards contract for upgraded RQ-7B Shadow drones

Issue No. 15 | August 01-15, 2012

The Army Program Manager for Unmanned Aircraft Systems has awarded AAI a $358 million contract to furnish a fleet of 45 upgraded RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft systems that will be used by the Army and Marine Corps.

Under the contract, AAI will enhance the ground and support systems for the RQ-7B Shadow and will deliver 43 systems to the Army and two systems to the Marine Corps in late 2013.

Among the planned upgrades to the RQ-7B Shadow are extending its endurance from six to nine hours, extending its wing to carry external stores and payloads, providing an electronic fuel injection engine and integrating a tactical common data link for digital dissemination and encryption.

The upgrade also includes use of universal ground control stations and data terminals.