Aerovironment, inc. wins u.s. army contract valued at up to $55 million for radio frequency modifications to raven® b unmanned aircraft systems
Aerovironment, inc. announced that, u.s. army awarded the company a firm-fixed-price contract on june 6, 2019 to begin radio frequency modifications on its currently deployed raven® uas. the initial base delivery order is $862,488, with potential contract options valued up to $55 million. aerovironment won the competitive bid as part of the army’s $248.5 million five-year indefinite delivery indefinite quantity small uas sustainment contract announced in april 2018. aerovironment and six other awardees were selected as part of the idiq contract, which covers six domains: systems, tactical open government owned architecture (toga), other major components, rq-20a puma spares, rq-11b raven spares and flight control systems (fcs). the army selected aerovironment as the sole-source supplier for rq-20a and rq-11b spares and for fcs. aerovironment’s raven system is designed for rapid deployment and high mobility for applications requiring low-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. with a wingspan of 4.5 feet and weighing 4.2 pounds, the hand-launched raven provides aerial observation, day or night, at line-of-sight ranges up to approximately 6.2 miles (10 kilometers). with its stabilized gimbaled payload, the raven delivers real-time color or infrared imagery to ground control and remote viewing stations.
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