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DARPA Green Lights Phase II For AeroVironment Nano Air Vehicle

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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

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AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV) May 27announced it has been awarded a Phase II contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design and build a flying prototype for the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program. AV completed a preliminary design review at the end of its Phase I, $1.7 million program. Phase II, which was initiated in March, is a new six-month, $636,000 development program that will culminate with the demonstration of a rudimentary, three-inch flapping-wing air vehicle system. Following…

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