Army heads into competitive flight demos for future tactical drone

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Army heads into competitive flight demos for future tactical drone

DENVER — The U.S. Army is moving its Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System competition into a flight demonstration phase with two teams, Griffon Aerospace and Textron Systems.In the fall, the Army tapped the two companies from a group of five; now it has formally awarded contracts to both to move into the final two phases of competition.“FTUAS provides transformational capabilities including VTOL for runway independence, On-The-Move command a…