Royal New Zealand Air Force | Air Force News - Issue 228, September 2020

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INTO THE DRAGONS’ DEN BY R E B ECCA Q U I LLIAM

Thirteen intrepid innovators faced seven judges in the recent Dragons’ Den-style Air Force Innovation Challenge.

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he panel heard submissions ranging from robotic storage solutions, drones used for aircraft inspections, a tiny house proposal, using aviation fuel for cooking, cleaning up the Air Force’s carbon footprint, and an autonomous vehicle delivery system. The autonomous vehicle* won the day, but the judges were blown away by all the creative innovations presented to them. We take a look at just a few of the submissions.

*See Air Force News, Issue 227 for details.

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