Editing AAI RQ-7 Shadow (section)

==Development==
The RQ-7 Shadow is the result of a continued US Army search for an effective battlefield UAS after the cancellation of the [[Alliant RQ-6 Outrider]] aircraft. [[AAI Corporation]] followed up their [[RQ-2 Pioneer]] with the Shadow 200, a similar, more refined UAS. In late 1999, the army selected the Shadow 200 to fill the tactical UAS requirement, redesignating it the RQ-7. Army requirements specified a UAS that used an aviation gasoline engine, could carry an electro-optic/infrared imaging sensor turret, and had a maximum range of 31 miles (50 kilometers) with four-hour, on-station endurance. The Shadow 200 offered at least twice that range. The specifications also dictated that UAS would be able to land in an athletic field.<ref name="Goebel">Goebel, Greg. "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: [8.1] US ARMY RQ-7A SHADOW 200 / SHADOW 600"  Greg Goebel / In The Public Domain. 1 January 2009. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100114125031/http://www.vectorsite.net/twuav_08.html#m1]}}</ref>