U of M to build world’s largest ‘wind wall’ for drone study
Matt Brantz (left), director of the Memphis detachment of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock division, and University of Memphis professor Eddie Jacobs will soon open a drone testing facility on Presidents Island. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
As part of work it will do for the U.S. Office of Naval Research, the university will also build a 400-foot rain chamber.
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Jane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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