Raytheon Purchases Rights to KillerBee® Unmanned Aircraft System

[tigershark]

Raytheon Purchases Rights to KillerBee® Unmanned Aircraft System

echnology will be used for U.S. Navy Small Tactical UAS Tier II, other competitions

TUCSON, Ariz., May 1, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company has purchased rights to the technology and name of the KillerBee unmanned aircraft system from Northrop Grumman. Under the agreement, Raytheon will submit the KillerBee for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps' Small Tactical UAS and Tier II competition.

"We're competing for STUAS Tier II but that is only the beginning," said Bob Francois, Raytheon Missile Systems Advanced Programs vice president. "Raytheon has rights to produce, improve and sell KillerBee IV and our plan is to continuously mature the system and tailor it to meet the needs of allied warfighters around the globe."

The KillerBee UAS features a blended-wing aircraft body design. It also has common systems for land or sea launch, recovery and ground control. The unique design of KillerBee enables growth for future payloads and additional mission capabilities.

KillerBee is ideal for force protection in an expeditionary environment, and represents a major upgrade to today's embedded airborne surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition capability.

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[Webmaster]

Nice name, smart of them to make it a registered tradename, but it's the technology/system that matters not the name, so I find it a bit silly.

[iluveagles]

Nice name, smart of them to make it a registered tradename, but it's the technology/system that matters not the name, so I find it a bit silly.

It was already a registered trademark before Raytheon purchased it from NG, they probably had to purchase the whole thing, they couldn't just purchase the technology and forget the name.

[Webmaster]

Yes, got that, I meant NG.