The Army plans to buy 44 Shadow 200 tactical unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Each system Includes three unmanned aircraft (equipped with a imagery sensors); a vehicle to carry the aircraft; two ground control stations mounted on vehicles; and launch, recovery; and support equipment pulled on trailers behind the vehicles. From Inside the ground control station, soldiers operating the unmanned aircraft will fly them over hostile or contested territory; collecting imagery of areas of Interest for Army commanders so they can detect, identify and locate enemy forces. The acquisition cost, Including research and development costs, for the 44 systems is an estimated $430 million through 2004.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Questionable Basis for Revisions to Shadow 200 Acquisition Strategy
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Aircraft , Strategy , Acquisition , Drones , Control , Military forces(Foreign) , Army personnel , Costs , Unmanned , Enemy , Military commanders , Army planning , Ground stations , Geo reports , Shadow 200