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Flying Beer Keg UAV Deploying to Iraq

Flying Beer Keg UAV Deploying to Iraq

Troops from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the Pennsylvania National Guard will take a small gasoline-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to Iraq when they deploy in January. Nicknamed the “Flying Beer Keg,” the XM156 Class I UAV can ...

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Air Force Micro Aerial Vehicle

Air Force Micro Aerial Vehicle

Civilian researchers and military personnel in the Air Vehicles Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio are working on miniature biomimetic aerial robots capable of operating for days or weeks at a time ...

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Excalibur – Armed UAV

Excalibur – Armed UAV

Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation is developing Excalibur, a purpose-built armed, tactical, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Excalibur technology demonstrator aircraft is scheduled for flight in late 2008 under contract to the Army’s Aviation Applied Technology Directorate. It is designed to ...

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GhostSwimmer Spy Vehicle

GhostSwimmer Spy Vehicle

Researchers at Boston Engineering Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts and Olin College of Needham, Massachusetts are developing a swimming robot based on the bluefin tuna for the United States Navy. Expected to run more than three times longer than traditional propeller-driven ...

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Voyeur – Autonomous UAV

Voyeur – Autonomous UAV

Lite Machines Corp, a company specializing in developing micro-sized, radio-controlled helicopters for the hobby industry, has created an innovative prototype of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) dubbed “Voyeur”. The Voyeur UAV can be used for military applications such as ...

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TCUAV – An Unmanned Aerial Surveillance System

TCUAV – An Unmanned Aerial Surveillance System

“Planum Vision”, an Israeli company specializing in security systems, has developed the TCUAV – Train Cable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The company claims their UAV has better surveillance capabilities due to its ability to oversee broader areas from different angles at ...

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Zephyr – The Solar Champion

Zephyr – The Solar Champion

Since Zephyr, a 30kg solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), completed a 54-hour flight in late August 2007, it holds the world record for the longest-duration unmanned flight. During the 54 hour test flight, the Zephyr UAV, built by a team ...

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SkyWatcher is Watching from Above

SkyWatcher is Watching from Above

A Maryland based company is developing a new type of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) that can also be manned if necessary. The new aircraft also has the ability to operate in groups of up to 12 air vehicles, allowing for ...

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Camcopter S-100 UAV

Camcopter S-100 UAV

Developed by the Austrian company Schiebel the Camcopter S-100 is a robotic helicopter capable of autonomous Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL). The S-100 light and strong carbon-fiber body together with a small but powerful 55HP Diamond engine allows the robotic ...

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Backpack-Sized Miniature Air Vehicle

Backpack-Sized Miniature Air Vehicle

The American giant Honeywell is developing a new Miniature Air Vehicle (MAV) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The new drone has vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities which allows it to operate virtually anywhere, even in semi ...

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