Maryland Funds Work On VTOL Unmanned Aircraft

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American Dynamics Flight Systems will wind tunnel test the ducted-fan propulsion system for its proposed AD-150 vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft with support from the University of Maryland (UMD).

The university's Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program has approved $135,150 in funding to test a scale model of the company's patented High Torque Aerial Lift (HTAL) system in a tunnel at UMD.