Nanosized aircraft will monitor
battlefields
By INQUIRER staff: Thursday 20 July 2006, 14:18
LOCKHEED MARTIN said it had won a contract from DARPA to design a
remote controlled nano air vehicle (NAV) to collect military
intelligence outdoors and indoors.
The device will be similar in size and shape to a maple tree seed
and uses a chemical rocket in a one bladed wing which will send it
flying for over 1,000 yards.
The thing will weigh very little and includes comms, navigation,
imaging sensors and telemetry.
The NAV will be aimed towards the target and will rotate in flight
but can be controlled using its camera, which also transmits images
back to a hand held.
Lockheed Martin have $1.7 million and a 10 month contract to come
up with the flying seed. ยต
be careful, dont let it fly inside your nose!
