United Industrial Training Soldiers To Use Raven UAV System

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Hunt Valley MD - May 20, 2004
United Industrial Corporation announced Tuesday that its wholly-owned subsidiary AAI Corporation, a leading manufacturer and provider of support services for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems, has been selected to train U.S. Army soldiers in the operation of the service's new Raven UAV system.

Valued at approximately $3 million, the contract provides in-theatre training for the small UAV systems to be operated by deployed U.S. Army soldiers. AAI will deliver a series of 10-day "school house" training courses. The training unit will be staffed by 11 instructors and support personnel.

AAI currently provides an array of in-theatre support services, including training and forward-based logistics, for the U.S. Army's RQ-7A Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) systems, which the company manufactures.

Raven UAVs, manufactured by AeroVironment Inc., are small, hand-launched unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Raven contract expands AAI's role of providing training and logistics support services to the U.S. Army in support of deployed UAV systems.

AAI's Shadow TUAV is the U.S. Army's front-line, unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance system. Shadow systems in service with forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom have flown more than 1,400 sorties and over 5,000 flight hours. Additional Shadow systems are deployed elsewhere for intelligence-gathering support of U.S. Army forces.

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