In the News
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Cache Valley Daily Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017
Aggie Air Unveils New Unmanned Plane
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was designed entirely by Utah State University students is ready for flight. ... The Utah Water Research Laboratory at USU recently unveiled the BluJay. Capable of flying more than 200 miles in a single trip, the battery-powered plane weighs less than 30 pounds with a full load – that includes equipment and software designed to capture aerial images for data research. ... Laboratory Director Mac McKee said with all its capabilities combined, no other UAV comes close to the BluJay. ... “BluJay can probably cover, I’m guessing at least three times the geographic area of its closest competitor in a single flight and with the payload that we carry,” he said. “The quality of data and the imagery we bring back is the equivalent of the best of NASA’s satellites.”