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Article: Key device for drones produced in Ramsey
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- September 1, 2009
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EVONNE COUTROS, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
09-01-2009
Key device for drones produced in Ramsey
By EVONNE COUTROS, STAFF WRITER
Date: 09-01-2009, Tuesday
Section: BUSINESS
The unmanned aerial vehicles that provide surveillance and reconnaissance for U.S. military and intelligence services couldn't get off the ground without a vital component produced by Aero Tec Laboratories (ATL) in Ramsey.
For almost a decade ATL has provided the Predator series air vehicles made by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., with fuel cell bladders that hold from 40 to 200 gallons of fuel for flights of up to 48 hours.
"The purpose of these planes and the reason not to have a pilot is to keep ...