Army Capt. Lee Washburn, Army Materiel Command military liaison for advanced manufacturing of small Unmanned Aerial Systems, holds the drone that set a new world endurance flight record of 521 minutes and 43 seconds for a battery-powered group 1 drone during Defense Contract Management Agency’s “Game of Drones” event at Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 16. The drone was powered by one of the first brushless motors manufactured by U.S. Army Materiel Command at the Tobyhanna Army Depot.
Army Capt. Lee Washburn, Army Materiel Command military liaison for advanced manufacturing of small Unmanned Aerial Systems, holds the drone that set a new world endurance flight record of 521 minutes and 43 seconds for a battery-powered group 1 drone during Defense Contract Management Agency’s “Game of Drones” event at Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 16. The drone was powered by one of the first brushless motors manufactured by U.S. Army Materiel Command at the Tobyhanna Army Depot.