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UAVs to be test at Port of Moses Lake

"Planes without pilots may be the wave of the future, and the Port of Moses Lake is getting in on the action.

At a special board of commissioners meeting Thursday afternoon, commissioners approved several items on their consent agenda connected to Blue Properties.

Outgoing Port executive manager David Senne told commissioners that he hoped this was the tip of the iceberg.

"This particular project is going to be the testing of an unmanned aerial vehicle," he said. "I think right now, in terms of the future of aviation, we're going to see a big thrust into the UAV arena. They have already proven, in the past, their ability to do reconnaissance missions and recently in Iraq they have also shown their ability to do attack missions.""

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