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Sierra Nevada Corp. Acquires Firm Specializing In UAS Capabilities

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, April 24th, 2015

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Sierra Nevada Corp. Acquires Firm Specializing In UAS Capabilities

Kutta Technologies' Bi-Directional Remote Video Terminal for use across multiple UAS platform. Photo: Kutta Technologies

Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) on Thursday said it has acquired Kutta Technologies, Inc., an Arizona-based company specializing in unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technologies in the areas of command and control, manned-unmanned teaming, and visualization and airspace management.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.SNC said the acquisition will provide it with a comprehensive set of unmanned system control technology, magnetic wave radios, manned-unmanned teaming technologies, and national airspace deconfliction technology.“With 15 years of experience in unmanned systems, Kutta brings a wealth…

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