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Friday, March 30, 2012

Delivery of Shadow 200 UAV speeds up

[RQ-7B Shadow 200]Australia's Defense Ministry is speeding up delivery of a U.S.-made unmanned aerial vehicle system for use by troops in Afghanistan.

Australian Minister for Defense Stephen Smith and Minister for Defense Materiel Jason Clare, in an announcement Thursday, said AAI Corp.'s Shadow 200 will be in the hands of Australian troops nearly one year earlier than planned.

The Shadow 200 is 11.2 feet long, has a cruise speed of 103 miles per hour, a range of 68 miles and a ceiling of 15,000 feet.

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