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AUVSI: Lockheed Martin's seed of an idea

27th August 2010 - 21:02 GMT | by Darren Lake in Denver

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Lockheed Martin has been particularly keen to show off the fruits of one programme that is emerging from its Advanced Technologies Laboratories. Under the direction of principal research scientist, Stephen Jameson, the laboratories have been working on an innovative family of UAS that it has dubbed Samurai.

'The name comes from the Latin 'Samara', which is the name used for maple seeds,' explains Jameson. The name refers to the design of the UAS, which resembles a 'winged seed', or samara, such as the seed of the maple tree.

Just like a maple seed, the Samurai UAS consists of a single

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Darren has more than two decades of experience in aerospace and defence journalism. After completing …

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