Army wraps up live-fire test portion of Shadow Block III FOT&E, Textron FTUAS assessment

By Jaspreet Gill / October 13, 2020 at 6:26 PM
The Army, with Textron, has completed the live-fire test portion of the RQ-7 Shadow V2 Block III drone follow-on operational test and evaluation effort, according to company and service officials. The Army is making upgrades to the Shadow unmanned aircraft system while also assessing systems that have been downselected as possible replacements for the drone through the Future Tactical UAS effort , which began in April . The live-fire test portion of the FOT&E was completed Oct. 8 by an...

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