WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, a part of Textron Inc. (TXT), and KOR Electronics Defense Solutions, an unit of Mercury Computer Systems (MRCY), announced today a strategic alliance that combines AAI's expertise as a UAS systems integrator with KOR's signals intelligence equipment.
AAI said the two organizations intend to integrate KOR's signals intelligence (SIGINT) products, focused on expeditionary tactical unmanned aircraft such as AAI's Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System, as a new addition to AAI's family of Multi-Mission Payloads.
'This technology provides warfighters actionable, time-sensitive data on the capabilities and activities of their adversaries,' said Senior Vice President and General Manager Steven Reid of AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
'Equipping our Shadow aircraft -- a trusted and omnipresent asset for so many U.S. and allied customers -- for this collection mission can help deliver intelligence fast, and to a broader array of deployed forces and formations.'
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