Engineering team developing helicopter that would investigate nuclear disasters

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 10:28 in Physics & Chemistry

Students at Virginia Tech's Unmanned Systems Laboratory are perfecting an autonomous helicopter they hope will never be used for its intended purpose. Roughly six feet long and weighing 200 pounds, the re-engineered aircraft is designed to fly into American cities blasted by a nuclear weapon or dirty bomb...

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