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Hummingbird A160 makes its first test flight

It is an autonomous UAV helicopter

Victorville, California - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)/ Frontier Systems In Hummingbird A160 vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle successfully conducted its first forward flight at the Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville, Calif. All flight systems, including avionics, flight control, power plant and drive train, fuel systems, electrical power...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 23329
Rome, Italy, 02/07/2002 12:46
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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