Two companies are collaborating to improve Army aerostats meant for quick transport and deployment on the battlefield with new sensors and communications payloads. Drone Aviation Corp. of Jacksonville, FL, and L-3 Communication Systems-West, headquartered in Salt Lake City, announced last week they had begun drawing up a technical strategy for integrating the new technologies on the Winch Aerostat Small Plat, or WASP, after receiving a contract from Army prime contractor BAE Systems. The companies also intend to jointly market the...
