{"id":33430,"date":"2019-03-28T21:11:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T21:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/28\/the-army-picks-2-drones-to-try-out-to-replace-shadow\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:45:28","slug":"the-army-picks-2-drones-to-try-out-to-replace-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2019\/03\/28\/the-army-picks-2-drones-to-try-out-to-replace-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army picks 2 drones to test as Shadow replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HUNTSVILLE, Ala. \u2014 The U.S. Army has selected<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2017\/10\/09\/martin-uav-hopes-to-sell-the-us-military-on-its-vertical-take-off-uav\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Martin UAV<\/a> and AAI Corporation, a unit of Textron, to provide unmanned aircraft systems <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2018\/10\/10\/army-seeks-new-tactical-unmanned-aircraft-for-demo-testing-in-brigade-combat-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\">for platoons to try out <\/a>as candidates to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/07\/16\/replacing-shadow-unmanned-aircraft-could-be-quick-win-for-army\/\" target=\"_blank\">replace the Shadow tactical UAS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts are each worth up to $99.5 million over a three-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan is to deliver several systems to six platoons \u2014 assigned through Army Forces Command \u2014 that will evaluate systems during combat training center rotations. The designated platoons are expected to be announced soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2018\/03\/26\/future-unmanned-aircraft-to-do-the-dull-and-dangerous-work\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UASflying.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Future unmanned aircraft to do the \u2018dull\u2019 and \u2018dangerous\u2019 work<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The relationship between manned helicopters and unmanned aircraft in the future will become more advanced and complex, according to Brig. Gen. Wally Rugen, the one-star in charge of modernizing the Army&#039;s vertical lift fleet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service released a solicitation to industry last fall calling for UAS that could participate in a fly-off ahead of the Army\u2019s effort to buy, then try, then decide on a path forward in terms of future procurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unmanned aircraft were selected after the rigorous fly-off during December 2018 and January 2019 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, explained Brig. Gen. Wally Rugen, who is in charge of the Army\u2019s future vertical lift modernization effort. The officer was speaking to reporters at the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s Global Force Symposium on March 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army was looking for systems that improved upon the Shadow UAS\u2019 performance, particularly better acoustics (Shadow sounds like a flying lawn mower) and runway independence (Shadow relies on a runway to take off and an arresting device to land), according to Rugen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe offers were graded on the ability to not only improve upon the Shadow, but to do the Shadow\u2019s missions as well,\u201d Rugen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was pleased with the response, a very healthy response,\u201d to the UAS that showed up to fly in the demonstration, Rugen said. \u201cI think there has been quite a bit of development that has been going on in industry and in the civilian sector, and we were happy to leverage that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2018\/04\/20\/v-bat-drone-to-challenge-us-army-allies-in-germany-based-exercise\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/V-Bat.jpeg.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">V-Bat drone to challenge US Army, allies in Germany-based exercise<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Martin UAV&#039;s V-Bat will make an appearance at the Army&#039;s Joint Warfighting Assessment in Germany next month. Will it prove itself as a game-changer?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the fly-off played a major part in the selection process, the Army also evaluated technical proposals \u2014 roughly 50 percent of the grade was based on that proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The platoon-level evaluations of the winning systems over the course of fiscal 2020 will help the Army decide how it would like to proceed in not only replacing Shadow but in acquiring a future Tactical UAS system that will play an integral role in the future fleet alongside manned and optionally manned helicopters in advanced teaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2018\/05\/01\/army-to-launch-drone-from-helicopter-for-first-time-this-year\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/uasadvancedconcepts.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Army to launch drone from helicopter for first time this year<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army is trying to move away from runway-dependent and cumbersome unmanned aircraft systems in favor of UAS that bring advanced teaming capabilities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are very focused on 2021 and seeing the outcomes,\u201d Rugen said, \u201cbut our goal is that in 2021 that this could fully inform our requirement. 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