Shadow Surpasses 600,000 Total Flight Hours
March 1, 2011
By Todd Smith, Deputy Product Manager, Ground Maneuvers Product Office
Story Highlights
- Shadow surpasses 600K flight hours
- 98 Army platoons fielded with Shadow systems
- Four Marine Corps squadrons fielded with Shadow Systems
- The Commonwealth of Australia set to receive first Foreign Military Sales Shadow System in summer 2011
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office and Ground Maneuvers Product Office, located on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama would like to announce that in February 2011, the Army's Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (Shadow) surpassed 600,000 flight hours. Produced and sustained by AAI Corporation, the Shadow System is now fielded to 98 Army platoons and four Marine Corps squadrons. The Commonwealth of Australia will receive the first Foreign Military Sales system this summer.
