Editing AAI RQ-7 Shadow (section)

===SR/C Shadow===
AAI, in conjunction with [[Textron]] sister company [[Bell Helicopter]], intends to modify two Shadows with a [[CarterCopter#Concept|Carter rotor]] on top for [[vertical take-off and landing]], eliminating the need for the recovery and pneumatic launcher systems, while increasing payload and endurance.<ref name="awShadow">{{Cite web |title=AAI Adds Unpowered Rotor To Shadow UAV For VTOL {{!}} Aviation Week Network |url=https://aviationweek.com/aai-adds-unpowered-rotor-shadow-uav-vtol |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=aviationweek.com}}</ref><ref name="awFirst">Warwick, Graham. [http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/aviation_week/on_space_and_technology/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=a68cb417-3364-4fbf-a9dd-4feda680ec9c&plckPostId=Blog%3aa68cb417-3364-4fbf-a9dd-4feda680ec9cPost%3a6b70a5dd-92ff-4169-87fb-2b34b4658ff1&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest Carter flies VTOL hybrid] ''[[Aviation Week]]'', 26 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.</ref> {{as of|August 2011}}, it is expected to fly in 2012.<ref name="awShadow2">Warwick, Graham. [http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/asd/2011/08/01/08.xml AAI Flies Precursor To Advanced Shadow UAVs]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''[[Aviation Week]]'', 1 August 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.</ref>{{Update inline|date=September 2021}} AAI also expected to use the SR/C technology for the Shadow Knight, a powered-rotor two-propeller surveillance aircraft for the US Navy MRMUAS program;<ref name="awShadowKnight">Warwick, Graham. [http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=aerospacedaily&id=news/asd/2012/01/24/03.xml AAI Unveils Shadow Knight UAV For MRMUAS]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''[[Aviation Week]]'', 24 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.</ref><ref name="aresShadowKnight">Warwick, Graham. [http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3ae4d440d4-dac8-40d6-b0d5-3a1e6dec4662&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest Introducing AAI's Shadow Knight] ''[[Aviation Week]]'', 24 January 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.</ref> however, the MRMUAS program was cancelled in 2012.<ref>Mortimer, Gary. [http://www.suasnews.com/2012/02/11920/medium-range-maritime-unmanned-aerial-system-mrmuas-to-be-cancelled/ "MRMUAS to be cancelled"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203050136/http://www.suasnews.com/2012/02/11920/medium-range-maritime-unmanned-aerial-system-mrmuas-to-be-cancelled/ |date=3 February 2014 }} ''SUAS news'', 13 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.</ref>