Students converge on Grand Forks for unmanned aircraft competition

About 100 students from around the world are taking part in the competition at the University of North Dakota. All the drone planes have to do is sneak into a simulated enemy compound and retrieve a flash drive. Within five minutes. A couple of other similar competitions have been held and they yielded no winners.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Updated:: Mar 8, 2018
Original:: Jul 29, 2012

About 100 students from around the world are taking part in the competition at the University of North Dakota. All the drone planes have to do is sneak into a simulated enemy compound and retrieve a flash drive. Within five minutes. A couple of other similar competitions have been held and they yielded no winners.

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