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Textron To Deploy Aerosonde UAS On More Ships

Thursday, November 21st, 2024

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Textron To Deploy Aerosonde UAS On More Ships

An Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operating off of a U.S. Navy vessel. (Photo: Naval Air Systems Command)

Textron Systems [TXT] this week announced it recently won two contracts to deploy and provide services to operate its Aerosonde UAS to four more U.S. Navy ships. On Nov. 18 the company said it won a $47 million task order from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide Contractor-Owned/Contractor-Operated (COCO) unmanned aerial system services to three unspecified Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) deploying to the 5th Fleet. This follows a 2023 Navy contract to provide this kind of UAS support…

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