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Where did Blue Devil residual components go?
DODIG-2013-128: parts were absorbed into other Air Force programmes. Greenville storage is documented. Later inventory is not.
First-tier investigative target in the Drive ledger. Property transfer / GFE lists under 645 AESG are the records that would close or kill an Orion-inheritance story.
Sources
- DODIG-2013-128
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OrganisationConfirmed14 Mar 2011 00:00 UTC
Blue Devil I / II
Multi-INT ISR · BIG SAFARI ecosystem · cancelled airship
OrganisationConfirmed
645 AESG / BIG SAFARI
USAF rapid acquisition and special-mission integration
OrganisationConfirmed24 Aug 2013 00:00 UTC
Aurora Orion RPA
Twin-diesel MALE UAS · China Lake first flight 24 Aug 2013
TimelineConfirmed23 May 2012 00:00 UTC
Blue Devil II stopped; hardware to Greenville
Payload stop 4 Jan 2012 · pack-out May 2012 · storage Q4 FY2012
DocumentConfirmed19 Sep 2013 00:00 UTC
DODIG-2013-128 — Blue Devil Block 2
DoD Inspector General · 19 September 2013 · 54 pages · Drive source copy
LocationConfirmed
Greenville, Texas
BIG SAFARI short-term storage · Blue Devil II hardware