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Air Force Researches Design & Fly UAVs
In an open area of the Eglin Air Force Base range known as B-70, a group of Air Force field grade officers and black-shirted innovators worked intensely on an eight-pound model aircraft, racing against their deadline to build it. This team of officers and innovators, known as Black Phoenix, set an ambitious goal: to design, create, build, and fly an unmanned aerial system (UAS) within 24 hours. At around the 22.5-hour mark, they secured the...
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