Decision On New Shadow Engine Still Pending

By Jen Judson / October 15, 2013 at 4:50 PM
The Army has not yet picked the two companies it wants to develop a new propulsion system for the Shadow unmanned aircraft system, according to a service spokesman. The Army planned to winnow a field of five companies to two by Sept. 27, Lt. Col. Scott Anderson, the service's Shadow product manager, told InsideDefense.com in an August interview. But service spokesman Randy Tisor wrote in an Oct. 7 email that "there's been no decision made on this yet, but...

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