Consortium hopes $5M outlay lures more Air Force UAV work

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FAIRBORN — A Dayton region consortium will invest $5 million on UAV test equipment in a bid to win more lucrative Air Force Research Laboratory deals which last year awarded $2.1 billion in contracts, officials said.

The newly renamed AHEAD — Alliance for Human Effectiveness and Advancement — will build the command and control system and other facilities at defense contractors and a medical center across the Miami Valley.

The Wright State Research Institute-led consortium comprised of mostly private industry partners have paid for the system in the hope the Air Force and other agencies will use the system.

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