The Pentagon Wants A New Drone

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National Interest: The Pentagon Has Its Eyes on a New Drone  

The Pentagon awarded development contracts to two of America’s unmanned aerial vehicle heavyweights to develop a new UAV as soon as next year. 

The United States Department of Defense has awarded development contracts to Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to develop an Off-Boarding Sensing Station (OBSS) for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). 

Both contracts, which were awarded separately, cover “the design, development, and flight demonstration in an open architecture aircraft concept to achieve the goals of rapid time-to-market and low acquisition cost,” with both companies’ work anticipated to be completed by October 31st, 2022. 

The Department of Defense awarded both companies about $17.7 million each and included an option for the companies to increase their payouts to just under $32 million.  

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WNU Editor: The Pentagon wants this new drones ASAP.