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Boeing Reports Success in UAV Bio-Collection Tests

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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

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Boeing [BA] has successfully completed a series of tests using modified ship-based ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to track simulated biological plumes, collect the airborne agents, return the craft to the ship to retrieve the samples and then re-launch the craft. The tests, which began last November and ended in February, followed receipt of an $8.2 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in March 2006 (TR2, June 14, 2006). Under the Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD), Boeing modified two…

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