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Seahawk, that's pretty impressive. Gives me some hope that my 6 month old nephew has an opportunity in a world that's at opposite poles from some other bleak assessments that others espouse.
I appreciate that, truly.

Here is a picture from five years ago in a project we were doing: A folding UAS that folds up and fits inside a wing store. All the folks in the picture are NCSU folks or in HS.



They had a huge role in the design and fabrication work as well as flight test.

Ducted fan work my partner led (I am not an engineer and CAD, to me, is someone who breaks up with his girlfriend on Valentines Day). We are working with the Army and Navy (USMC) on this design:



I was very lucky as a young Naval Officer getting the right mentoring, both frmal and informal. I think it is huge part of company (including the military) success.
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