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AeroVironment Receives $8.5 Million Puma™ 3 AE Foreign Military Sales Contract Award for U.S. Central Command Ally
Puma 3 All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft system delivers immediate tactical ISR in maritime and land based operations More than 45 allied governments
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nPuma 3 All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft system delivers immediate tactical ISR in maritime and land based operations\n\n\nMore than 45 allied governments have procured one or more of AeroVironment’s family of tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)\n\n\n SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nat the Singapore Air Show - AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), today announced it received a $8,584,734 firm-fixed-price U.S. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales contract. The contract was awarded on December 17, 2019 to provide Puma™ 3 AE unmanned aircraft systems, training and support to an allied nation. Delivery is anticipated by June 2020.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200210005862/en/A sailor launches AeroVironment’s Puma All-Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft system at sea. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Boatswain’s Mate Nelson Doromal Jr.\n\n“Customers in the United States and around the world deploy AeroVironment’s rugged family of tactical unmanned aircraft systems, including Puma, to provide their forces the actionable intelligence they need to proceed with certainty in a broad range of operating environments,” said Rick Pedigo, vice president of sales and business development for AeroVironment. “We designed our combat-proven unmanned aircraft systems to be easy to use, reliable and to provide the operational flexibility frontline forces need to succeed in the most demanding conditions.”\n\n\nThe AeroVironment Puma 3 AE is a fully man-portable unmanned aircraft system designed for land and maritime operations. The hand-launched Puma 3 AE has a wingspan of 9.2 feet (2.8 meters), weighs 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) and operates for up to 2.5 hours at line-of-sight range of 20 kilometers with a standard antenna, and up to 60 kilometers with AeroVironment’s Long-Range Tracking Antenna. Capable of landing in water or on land, the all-environment Puma, with its Mantis i45 sensor suite, empowers the operator with extended flight time and a level of imaging capability never before available in the small UAS class.\n\n\nFor more information, visit AeroVironment at the Singapore Air Show 2020, US Pavilion, Stand V68.\n\n\nAbout AeroVironment Small UAS\n\n\nThe RQ-20A/B Puma™, Puma™LE, RQ-11B Raven®, RQ-12A ...