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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Next generation military drones researched

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The military's next generation of airborne drones will be able to silently dive between buildings, zoom under overpasses and land on apartment balconies.
At least, those are the goals University of Florida engineers say they are working toward.
Funded by the U.S. Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, aerospace engineers have built prototypes of 6-inch- to 2-foot-long drones capable of squeezing in and out of tight spots in cities, in a manner similar to tiny stunt planes.


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http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20050823-20202200-bc-us-drones.xml

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