The drones shot high into the sky in a matter of minutes.

From a large black box-shaped platform on the back of a pickup truck, each WASP/HIVE unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, pushed through an opening, paused and then began to turn its rotors. Seconds later, the small UAV shot into the sky hovered and moved in a pre-programmed flight path above a testing range at Camp Atterbury on Thursday.

Then a second one launched, and then a third. In a few minutes, all six of the 12 WASP/HIVE UAVs manufactured by IDA Corp. had launched, flown around, hovered and landed in formation before a small group of journalists, along with VIPs including U.S. Department of Defense officials and defense-related business leaders. Emil Michael, the under secretary of defense for research and engineering and the

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