Around 2012 to 2014 I published these two articles which likely have had more visits worldwide than any other blog article since 2007:
- The ultra-lethal drones of the future | New York Post 2014 article
- reprint of: Drones very small to large
I think these first three articles are the same type of surveillance flying device.
Insectothopter
The Insectothopter
was the size of a dragonfly, and was hand-painted to look like one. It
was powered by a miniature fluidic oscillator to propel the wings up ...
Aug 28, 2024 — Developed
by CIA's Office of Research and Development in the 1970s, this micro
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was the first flight of an insect- ...
Aug 24, 2024 — DescriptionInsectothopter.png, The "Insectothopter", an micro unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the CIA for espionage purposes in the 1970s.
end quotes.
This next one is the size of a human finger:
Teledyne FLIR Black Hornet Nano
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Teledyne_FLIR_Black_Horne...
The Black Hornet Nano is a military micro unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Prox Dynamics AS of Norway, and in use by the armed forces of Norway, ...
end quote.
this next one is the Hummingbird I blogged about first around 2013:
AeroVironment Nano Hummingbird
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/.../AeroVironment_Nano_Hum...
The AeroVironment Nano Hummingbird or Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) is a tiny, remote controlled aircraft built to resemble and fly like a hummingbird.
end quote.
Begin quote regarding DARPA's vision for creating swarms of micro Air Vehicles called for short (MAVs)
DARPA Seeks Tech Solutions to Create Autonomous ...
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (.mil)
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2023-09-12
Sep 12, 2023 — DARPA's Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA) program aims to enable a drone to autonomously continue its predefined mission when connection to the ...
Feb 8, 2024 — DARPA's Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA) program aims to enable a drone to autonomously continue its predefined mission when connection to the ...
Jan 9, 2017 — The micro-drones demonstrated advanced swarm behaviors such as collective decision-making, adaptive formation flying, and self-healing.
Aug 9, 2019 — DARPA
thinks that a swarm of drones would help with a complicated environment
like a city, where it's hard to see long distances.
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