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USAF orders Kratos aerial targets
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ Unmanned Systems Division has received a $35 million contract from the US Air Force for Air Force Subscale Aerial Target peculiar spares.
Kratos unmanned aerial drone systems are designed to be used as threat representative target missions to exercise weapon, radar and other systems; and as tactical aerial drone systems for strike/ISR and force multiplication missions.
Steve Fendley, president of Kratos Unmanned Systems Division, said: ‘This welcomed announcement accompanies a week of successful meetings with our air force partners at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference. Kratos looks forward to continuing to support the US Air Force on this important contract and other current and future opportunities.’
Work will be complete by 30 March 2024.
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