These small Black Hornet drones will be joining soldiers. Rhita Daniel
CNET: Here's the tiny drone the US Army just purchased for its soldiers
The Black Hornet drones will support squad-level surveillance.
The US Army is getting tiny personal surveillance drones as part of a $2.6 million contract with Flir, a thermal imaging and technology company.
The Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System is the world's smallest combat-proven nano-drone, according to the company. The US Army has ordered the next-generation Black Hornet 3, which weighs 32 grams and packs navigation capabilities for use in areas outside of GPS coverage. The drone, which has advanced image processing from earlier versions, and can fly a distance of two kilometers at more than 21 kilometers an hour and carries a thermal microcamera.
The order marks the US Army's first for the Soldier Borne Sensors program, which aims to provide military personnel with more awareness of their surroundings using drones.
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WNU Editor: Now put a small bomb on the little guy .... and then you are really in business.
Hat tip to Fred for this link.
1 comment:
Remember he “bat bombs” of WWII. hundreds of bats were dropped over a German industrial and/or farming area. Each carrying a small timed-fuse incendiary strapped to its body. They flew into deep crevices of the surrounding
buildings. Then, when the fuse timed out there was white hot shrapnel discharged into the structure. The fires were devastating because they started in such hard to get to places.
Quite effective. Unless you were the bat.
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