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AeroVironment Marks Technical First: Flapping Wings Hold Hover Flight

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

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AeroVironment (AV) [AVAV] yesterday said it has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved: the controlled hovering flight of an air vehicle system with two flapping wings that carries its own energy source and uses only the flapping wings for propulsion and control. In April, AV was awarded a Phase II contract extension from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design and build a flying prototype for the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program. AV achieved that milestone in…

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