Maveric: the bird-like drone
November 30th, 2013I’m just going to leave this here. Let me know what you think about it. The raptors in a war zone are probably not going to last long…
And here’s the source article over at Wired: Army Scores a Super-Stealthy Drone That Looks Like a Bird
Posted on: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 at 9:12 pm
Categories: Technology.
December 1st, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Impressive! But these things are just for spying, they aren’t armed? So no threat to birds of prey 😉
December 1st, 2013 at 2:56 pm
PS – they’re actually small ornithopters, yes? Especially impressive!
December 1st, 2013 at 3:03 pm
Just for spying, yes. But one countermeasure for the enemy would be to shoot-on-sight, which would be tough on the bird population.
December 1st, 2013 at 4:53 pm
Ah, OK. Hadn’t thought of that! 🙁