Lockheed Martin designing tiny "maple seed" spy plane

Started by TehBorken, Jul 21 06 03:28

Previous topic - Next topic

TehBorken

 [h3][font style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Verdana;" size="2"]I, for one, welcome our all-seeing Surveillance Overlords.[/font][/h3]
[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"][h3]Lockheed Martin designing tiny "maple seed" spy plane         [/h3] The Department of Defense has contracted Lockheed Martin to design a remote-controlled nano air vehicle that looks like a maple seed. [blockquote]Designed for release from a hover craft, and similar to the propeller-like maple seed, the one-bladed NAV should rotate in flight while a camera on board provides a "stable forward view and transmit images back to a small, hand-held display. "The NAV should be equipped with a chemical rocket to power it 1,100 yards, yet it should weigh only 0.07 ounces.[br clear="all"][/blockquote]  [a href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/072106/businew181538_31920.shtml"]Link[/a]    
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.