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August 16, 2016

US Navy deploys RQ-20B AeroVironment Puma AE with pecision recovery
Monrovia CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2016
AeroVironment, Inc. reports that the US Navy has tested and deployed the RQ-20B Puma small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aboard a Flight I Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG Class). Some of these exercises included the use of AeroVironment's fully autonomous system to recover the aircraft aboard a ship. The US Navy issued a report on August 3 from the Arabian Gulf describing how Puma AE is also being utilized (see "US Ships Utilize Small Eye in the Sky") on Navy Patrol Craft. Following completio ... read more

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