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DoD’s Innovation Org Taps Kratos to Integrate Sensors With UAS; Jerry Beaman Comments

DoD’s Innovation Org Taps Kratos to Integrate Sensors With UAS; Jerry Beaman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Kratos - ExecutiveMosaicA Defense Department organization has awarded Kratos Defense and Security Solutions a potential $12.6 million contract to integrate sensors with an unmanned combat aircraft system.

The contract with Defense Innovation Unit Experimental would also require Kratos to demonstrate how the company’s UTAP-22 drone can perform autonomous and semi-autonomous tasks in support of fourth- and fifth-generation fighter jets, the company said Monday.

Jerry Beaman, president of the unmanned systems division at Kratos, said the incorporation of sensors into UTAP-22 seeks to increase the operational use of the drone “in a large, complex exercise.”

The UTAP-22 drone is designed for use in tactical missions and payload delivery and has been demonstrated in collaborative aerial operations with an AV-8B Harrier fighter aircraft.

DoD established DIUx in 2015 to help explore defense technology platforms and expand partnerships with private sector innovators.

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Written by Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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