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Boeing’s A160T Hummingbird Completes Successful Cargo Demo

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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

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Boeing [BA] recently announced its A160T Hummingbird has successfully completed a cargo delivery demonstration under a Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory contract, proving the unmanned rotorcraft's ability to resupply frontline troops in rough terrain. "Everything executed as planned," Ernie Wattam, program manager, Boeing A160T Hummingbird, said during a telephone interview with reporters. "We completed all requirements in two days. They gave us three...We met all of our threshold requirements and exceeded many of them." The tests, using A006, a U.S. Special…

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