Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs)

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It's a Fly! It's a Bug! It's a Microplane!

Posted at: Fri Jan 6th, 2006 | Source: technologyreview.com

Almost all of us have wished at one time or another to be a fly on the wall-but nobody wants to get swatted. A safer option might be to command a fleet of intelligent flies that could seek out and report critical information while we stay safely removed from danger. With that idea in mind, engineers...

NRL demonstrates fuel cell-powered unmanned aerial system

Posted at: Wed Nov 23rd, 2005 | Source: eurekalert.org

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in collaboration with industrial partners, demonstrated an unmanned aerial system (UAS) flight solely powered by fuel cell technology. The flight of the 5.6-pound 'Spider-Lion" lasted 3 hours, 19 minutes and consumed 15-grams of compressed hydrogen gas.

Small Firms Turn to Drones, Demand Grows for Unmanned Craft

Posted at: Mon Oct 31st, 2005 | Source: washingtonpost.com

A soldier wary of what's over the next hill can snap together the nose, tail, body and two wings of the Evolution XTS, all six pounds of it, and find out. Just load a hand-held sling shot and let the airplane fly, for 90 minutes if needed. Guide it by computer and watch real-time video stream in.

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