Textron's AAI and U.S. Army Successfully Conduct Live-Fire Testing of Shadow(R) Tacti

(PR-inside.com) http://www.textron.com - AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that the U.S. Army has successfully completed live-fire testing of laser designation capability for the RQ-7 Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS). The event confirmed the system's precision, with all missiles hitting their intended targets. The airborne Shadow aircraft laser designator places a concentrated laser spot on a target, enabling precise tracking by a missile to the target of interest. Three missiles were fired during the exercise: the first launched from a ground launcher, the second was performed as a lock-on ..

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