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- Hello, I'm Master Sergeant Neighbor.

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I'd like to speak about the MQ9

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Digital Aircraft Link emulator.

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The emulator is a piece of test equipment

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that was developed from an MQ1 version

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and so we were trying to find a way to

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lighten the cargo load. So, originally,

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we would take this, we would take

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an entire MQ1 and taxi
it around the location

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we want to make sure that
there wasn't any dead spots.

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To reduce the package,
I developed this MQ1,

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essentially it's the minimum amount of

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aircraft parts inside a
tactical communications case.

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Based on that prototype,
the Space Dynamics Lab

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with the University of Utah
developed two MQ9 versions

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and they are currently in
use at Cannon Air Force Base.

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This has a potential to affect the entire

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ground control station fleet so

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instead of having to tow out an aircraft,

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You just get this little
box and you go around

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and you trouble shoot.
And some people are like,

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oh you can still do that with an airplane

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but it's such a simple design that

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you eliminate a lot of
the, a lot of variables

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you have with some of the complex systems

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on the aircraft. So winning the Spark Tank

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would mean that the
capability gets fully funded.

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Right now it's got like
the minimum essentials

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for link and this would allow for

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a camera to be add and pretty much

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all the bells and whistles so.

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Thank you for your time.

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I really appreciate the opportunity.