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When UAVs Were ‘Heresy’

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

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Applying new technology requires an open mind. That was a point highlighted yesterday by Ken Gabriel, the acting chief of the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. During a speech at the U.S. Innovation Summit hosted by fedscoop in downtown Washington, Gabriel recalled how unmanned aerial vehicles were scoffed at during the pioneering days of the 1980s. He noted the reaction one of his predecessors received at the time while approaching the Air Force with the concept. “UAVs.…

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