USMC Ravens get upgrade

Army Corporal Jerry Rogers assembles a RQ-11 Raven unmanned

aerial vehicle in order to conduct aerial tactical reconnaissance of insurgents

in Taji, Iraq, on June 21, 2005.

DoD photo by Tech. Sergeant Russell E. Cooley IV, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

31/01/11 By Gayle Putrich / Flight International

US Marines will get upgraded digital module kits for the hand-launched RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial vehicles under a new $7.8 million order, says California-based AeroVironment, the UAV's manufacturer.