DAPRA's WASP Micro Air
Vehicle Flight tests in our local environment.
You may remember reading that Dr Tony Tether, the Director of
DARPA, led a team of 13 program managers to Singapore in May this
year to explore collaboration opportunities. As a result, the team
was able to identify 19 collaboration projects. One of them has
already led to DARPA bringing to Singapore its 275 gram
WASP Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) two weeks
ago for flight tests in our local environment.
--Speech by Mr Teo Chee Hean,
Minister for Defence, at the Defence Technology Prize Award
Ceremony, held at University Cultural Centre, NUS,10.11.2005.
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The wing utilized the Telcordia synthetic battery
material, that generates an average output of more than nine watts
during flight - enough power to propel the miniature
aircraft for one hour 47 minutes, a world record for MAVs - more
than three times the previous record of 30 minutes set in the year
2000.