AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Wins USSOCOM MEUAS II Award Valued at Nearly $600 Million

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc.

company, announced today that it has won the competitive Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems II award from the U.S. Special Operations Command. The three-year award, valued at just under $600 million, includes support operations using AAI's Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System. Total initial funding for these activities is $20 million.