Army chooses five brigades to test Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System

By Jaspreet Gill / December 12, 2019 at 11:39 AM
The Army will begin testing prototypes of the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System with five brigade combat teams next April. Brig. Gen. Walter Rugen, director of the Future Vertical Lift cross-functional team, told reporters Wednesday the FTUAS prototypes will be tested for at least six months. The four companies building prototypes are L3 Technologies, Arcturus UAV, Martin UAV and Textron AII Corp . The units, in order of which gets the prototypes first, are the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team,...

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