AUVSI 2012: LM demonstrates new small UAS
Lockheed Martin is to demonstrate its Desert Hawk III, Desert Hawk Extended Endurance Range (EER) and new quadrotor UAV at the upcoming US Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE).
Two systems of each type will be tested in an effort to demonstrate the capability of the UAVs, which will include a GCS and three to four aircraft per system.
‘With Desert Hawk we’ve been accepted into the army’s AEWE,’ Bill Daly, business development manager for UAS for Lockheed Martin MS2, told Shephard during the AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America exhibition. ‘We train US Army soldiers to fly the aircraft. If they
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