RQ 11B Raven Update

Army builds up Raven fleet

The U.S. Army recently awarded another $16.5 million to AeroVironment Inc. to build more RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial aircraft systems.
This is the second installment of funding for a contract that has a total projected value of $65 million. AeroVironment officials announced the initial award of $15.8 million in June.
The additional funding, which comes out of the Army’s fiscal 2012 procurement budget,  will pay for Raven UAVs, new miniature gimbaled payloads and initial spares packages, according to a recent AeroVironment release.

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