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Saturday, December 13, 2014

US army to build exclusive airport for two drones

MQ-1B Gray EagleThe US army is reportedly building an airport in Texas, US, exclusively for two of its most commonly used drones Gray Eagle and Shadow.

The army's corps of engineers at Fort Worth, Texas, has awarded a $33m contract to design-build firm SGS to build a 150-acre unmanned aircraft launch and recovery complex at Fort Bliss.

Fort Bliss currently hosts Apache and Black Hawk helicopters and will eventually shelter the two drones.

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