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Article: AAI Flies Shadow[R] at Opening of U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft System Rapid Integration and Acceptance Center.
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- September 24, 2009
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HUNT VALLEY, Md. -- AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it has flown its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System in honor of the official opening of the U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office Rapid Integration and Acceptance Center (RIAC) at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. The RIAC will serve as a consolidated location at which the Army will test UAS technologies for faster deployment to warfighters in the field.
AAI has been working for several months to seamlessly transition its UAS acceptance and flight test operations to the RIAC in support of the Army's efforts. The ...