Tue, Jun 15, 2004
They'll Promote Tiltrotor UAV
Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin
Corporation (LMC), AAI Corporation and Textron Systems Corporation
have reached an agreement in principle to form the Core Team for
TEAM EAGLE EYE to develop, produce and market the Eagle Eye
Vertical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VUAV) System.
The Eagle Eye System consists of one or more Eagle Eye tiltrotor
unmanned air vehicles, ground control equipment, payload (sensors,
weapons and other items carried internally or externally by the air
vehicle), communications, and integrated logistics support.
The Eagle Eye System offers a potential revolution in vertical
unmanned warfighting in the tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV)
environment. The unique combination of speed, range and versatility
of Bell's tiltrotor technology, the precision control and downlink
capability of the AAI One System* ground control equipment, Textron
Systems' innovative tactical UAV munitions solutions, and LMC's
advanced technology make the Eagle Eye System the clear solution
for all vertical tactical UAV requirements.
Already selected for the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VUAV)
portion of the US Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater System
contract, the Eagle Eye passed a critical milestone recently within
the Deepwater System program, with the highly successful completion
of its Preliminary Design Review (PDR), a required deliverable to
proceed to the next stage of the contract.
The PDR demonstrated that Eagle Eye will successfully fulfill
the U. S. Coast Guard missions. In meeting these mission
requirements, the system is well within margins for risk,
performance, supportability and cost allocations.
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