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Article: AAI's Shadow[R] Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System Flies 100,000th Mission.
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- November 3, 2009
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Ongoing System Enhancements Boost Performance and Reliability
HUNT VALLEY, Md. -- AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS) have completed 100,000 missions. With 113 systems ordered and 87 delivered, Shadow systems are deployed with the U.S. Army, Army National Guard, Army Special Forces and Marine Corps. These systems have amassed more than 445,000 flight hours, the majority of which have been in support of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ongoing system upgrades have been critical to enhancing the system's performance and ...