Shadow® Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Achieve 750,000 Flight Hours
Combat-Proven System Going Strong with Comprehensive EnhancementsAUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2012, LAS VEGAS — AUGUST 6, 2012 — AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS) achieved a landmark 750,000 total flight hours during a U.S. Army mission supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. In fact, the vast majority of Shadow TUAS flight hours, amassed during more than 173,000 missions, have taken place over the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.