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March 31, 2008
A Boeing A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft carries a 1,000-lb. payload module during a test flight from Victorville, Calif. The pod could carry supplies, a miniature robotic vehicle or even be used to evacuate a wounded soldier, and represents an extended role for UAVs that Boeing hopes to...

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