Textron to Provide Drone-Enabled ISR Support for US Navy’s 5th and 6th Fleets Written 21 November 2024
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Aerosonde small expeditionary unmanned aerial system (UAS). | Credit: Textron Systems
The Defense Post reports, “The US Navy has awarded Textron Systems $64 million in contracts to provide drone-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services for ships of the 5th and 6th fleets. The contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) deals stipulate the deployment of the firm’s Aerosonde small expeditionary unmanned aerial system (UAS) with enhanced mission payloads as well as skilled personnel to aid a variety of the vessels’ maritime ISR tasks.”
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