US Army, Navy Look At Joint VTOL UAV Program

By Graham Warwick .

The U.S. Army is participating in a U.S. Navy analysis of alternatives (AOA) to determine whether both services’ requirements for vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft can be met by a joint program.

The Army has provided an addendum to the Navy-led study “to see if the need is for two separate programs or a joint program,” says Tim Owings, acting program manager for ...

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