Robert Dale Reed, long time NASA aeronautics researcher, passed
away last Friday at age 75 due to complications from cancer. During
his almost 52 year career at NASA Dryden, Reed worked on many
programs. He is best known for his work on the Lifting Body
and Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle (RPRV) programs.
The old saying, "birds of a feather, flock together," can now be
applied to a couple of small uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs)
flown in a NASA research experiment using principles derived from
studies of fish and bird motions to simultaneously guide them
around obstacles.
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