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Raytheon Licenses Rights To KillerBee UAS From Northrop Grumman

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Monday, May 4th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker Raytheon [RTN] on Friday said it has acquired the rights to the technology and name of the KillerBee unmanned aircraft system from Northrop Grumman [NOC], allowing it to offer the system in an upcoming Navy competition for a small UAS and create a family of unmanned aircraft. The licensing deal gives Raytheon its first direct entrï¿½e into the UAS business. Raytheon's licensing deal follows almost immediately after Northrop Grumman's acquisition late last month of the KillerBee product…

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