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Australia confirms Shadow 200B preferred for JP129

3rd June 2009 - 16:13 GMT | by in Canberra

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Australia’s Department of Defence has confirmed it is evaluating a non competitive acquisition of the AAI Shadow 200B as its preferred solution for its Joint Project 129 tactical UAS requirement.

The Australian Defence Materiel Organisation’s (DMO’s) JP129 project team is currently in the United States for talks with the United States Army tactical unmanned air vehicle (TUAV) programme office in Huntsville, Alabama.

A defence spokesperson has told Unmanned Vehicles that ‘Shadow 200 is the largest and most mature fleet of UAVs in the class sought by JP129 (Tier 3), that is currently operated by a coalition partner. The Shadow 200

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