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Rise of the Drone: From Calif. Garage to Multibillion-Dollar Defense Industry


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Abraham Karem

Abraham Karem with the Albatross drone at Karem Air in Lake Forest, Calif.

Credit: Bret Hartman / For The Washington Post

In 1980, Abraham Karem, an engineer who had emigrated from Israel, retreated into his three-car garage in Hacienda Heights outside Los Angeles and, to the bemusement of his tolerant wife, began to build an aircraft.

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