A Canadian drone company has won a contest sponsored by a U.S. Department of Defense agency, by almost reaching a milestone that’s been compared to the first human breaking a supposed physical barrier by running a four-minute mile.
An aircraft, designed by Breslau, Ontario-based Avidrone Aerospace demonstrated an unprecedented payload-to-weight ratio for heavy-lift drones at the DARPA Lift Challenge held at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio on August 9. The winning entry earned Avidrone, which also has a U.S. headquarters in Columbia, Maryland, a first-place prize of $1.25 million.
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