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Technology Research News February 12, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Butterflies offer lessons for robots Researchers from Oxford University in England have devised a method of studying the way butterflies fly, and their initial results show that the insects have many more tricks of flight than they get credit for.
National Defense November 2010 Grace V. Jean	Look, It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, It's an Avian Robot To conduct surveillance missions while on patrol in Afghanistan, soldiers and marines hand-launch toy model-sized airplanes called the Raven.
Popular Mechanics December 2009 Jeff Wise	The Tech That Makes New Airplanes and Runways Safer The plane, the runway, the airport, the technology are all examined here
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National Defense June 2005 Joe Pappalardo	The Future May Belong to Unconventional Designs, Missions Unmanned aerial vehicles spying on enemies may be commonplace above today's battlefields, but there is a future generation of unconventional designs with added functions that, experts predict, almost certainly will displace current drones from their lonely, lofty perches.
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IEEE Spectrum January 2007 Sandra Upson	Grounded No happy landings for latest twist on sci-fi staple: For the time being, the flying car stays tethered to the shop, a clunky compromise whose time may never come.
National Defense January 2006 Michael Peck	Undersized Drone Promises Extended Maritime Surveillance It looks like a cross between an airplane and an artillery shell, but a 12-pound unmanned aircraft named Coyote may prove to be a potent tool for maritime surveillance. Coyote is scheduled for a test launch from a Navy C-12 aircraft next spring.
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National Defense January 2011 Grace V. Jean	Beam Me Up Some Power To give the remotely operated planes better endurance in the skies, scientists are developing battlefield lasers to recharge the batteries in flight.
Popular Mechanics June 2006 Michael Abrams	Step 1: Fire Jet Boots. Step 2: Jump. How a Finnish wingsuiter is setting odd new benchmarks in human flight.
National Defense May 2007 Breanne Wagner	Air Force energy-saving plans face technical, financial hurdles The Air Force is proposing new measures to cut aviation fuel consumption by 10 percent within the next six years. Among the initiatives is to conventional fuel with synthetic alternatives.
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