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AeroVironment’s Puma UAV Flies Solar

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Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

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AeroVironment’s Puma UAV Flies Solar

AeroVironment's Puma. Photo by AeroVironment

AeroVironment [AVAV] has flown a version of its Puma AE unmanned aerial vehicle that uses solar energy to power the system, the company said Monday. The small, hand-launched UAV used the solar power coupled with a new long-endurance battery to fly for more than nine hours, the company said at the beginning of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)’s annual convention this week. Puma AE. Photo by AeroVironment AeroVironment’s RQ-20A Puma supplied to the military typically has a…

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