Drone engine maker Orbital has set up shop in the US, across the river from their biggest customer.
The Perth-based business (ASX:OEC) has leased a section on the Hood River in Oregon from where it plans to fully launch itself into the US tactical drone market.
On the other bank is Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing which makes the drones themselves and is the customer that helped to turn Orbital around in 2014.
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Orbital designed the N20 drone engine for Insitu, which is used in the US militarys ScanEagle drones.
It beat 40 global engine makers for a contract worth a minimum order value of $US33 million ($44 million) and a maximum of $US91 mill…
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