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Drone Racing Pushing Small, Fast UAS Technology

Graham Warwick February 29, 2016
Credit: Pilots fly Drone Racing League's own high-performance quadrotor. Credit: Drone Racing League
Air racing was a powerful driver of both technology and public awareness in the early days of aviation. Motor racing has been the proving ground for advances in the automotive industry. Will the emergence of drone racing do the same for unmanned aircraft? Today’s multicopter small unmanned aircraft...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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