Bell Helicopter and AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Combine Resources for Manned Unmanned Operations Capability Development Laboratory
FORT WORTH, TX & HUNT VALLEY, MD (April 2, 2012) – Bell Helicopter and Textron Systems operating unit AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, both Textron Inc. companies (NYSE: TXT), have teamed to develop a Manned Unmanned Operations (MUMO) Capability Development Laboratory in Huntsville, AL, to enable a software and hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) development test capability using operationally relevant systems specific to manned unmanned teaming. This MUMO Capability Development Laboratory will serve as a research and development tool to support the U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) vision