“Hmmm….. that Hummingbird sure is inquisitive. Why, it’s even aggressive!”
DARPA, the Military’s R&D wing has commissioned the Nano Hummingbird, a pretty incredible flying reconnaissance tool, which flies, hovers and looks deceptively like a large hummingbird.
AV is developing the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) under a DARPA sponsored research contract to develop a new class of air vehicle systems capable of indoor and outdoor operation. Employing biological mimicry at an extremely small scale, this unconventional aircraft could someday provide new reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities in urban environments.
The Nano Hummingbird met all, and exceeded many, of the Phase II technical milestones set out by DARPA:
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