When it comes to flying and testing drones, there is only one place to do it, according to some.

“The only way we can see how these drones, or how these flying vehicles, how they operate in the real world, is that if you can test them outside,” post-graduate research student Abhishek Kashyap said.

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The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI) in Fort Worth has a new state-of-the-art Maverick Autonomous Vehicle Research Center (MAVRC) that is as real-world as you can safely get.

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“We're going to get the sunlight,” UTARI Director of Research Eileen Clements said. “We're going to get the wind. We're going to get gusts of wind. That really allows

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