Boeing/Qinetiq Team Wins Darpa UAS Contract

By Amy Butler
Washington

Boeing’s win of an $89-million contract to develop a solar-/electric-powered prototype for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Vulture five-year endurance unmanned aerial system is a boon for the company’s burgeoning unmanned business.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) selected the Boeing/Qinetiq Solar Eagle design (see photo) ...

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