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March 25th, 2004 - For Immediate Release

BAI adapts trailer-mounted pneumatic launcher for operation with Tern UAV.

	Tern UAV and trailer-mounted pneumatic launcher

Easton, MD - BAI Aerosystems has successfully adapted its trailer-mounted pneumatic launcher for operation with the company's Tern small tactical UAV. The addition of a launcher capability to the combat-proven Tern UAV system enables operations from unimproved areas, or aboard ship.

BAI's pneumatic launcher was developed in the late 1990's in close cooperation with U.S. Navy engineers for use with the U.S. Marine Corps' "Dragon Drone" system also produced by BAI. The launcher mechanism was proven in two 6-month long naval deployments of the Dragon Drone system, and was later used to support the U.S. Coast Guard's month-long at-sea experiment with the "Condor" UAV, a marinized variant of Dragon Drone developed by BAI.

This video clip was shot using a fully-weighted standard configuration Tern UAV, at BAI Aerosystems' private Ragged Island Flight Operations Facility located in the Chesapeake Bay.

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