Posts tagged DARPA
Solar Eagle – Unmanned Aircraft that flies for 5 years non stop.
As announced in the Boeing website, the company just signed a 89million project with DARPA as part of the Vulture II programme. Boeing will have almost two and half years until 2014 to build the plane.

Image credit: Boeing image
RC: Remote Controlled Hummingbird
1Another mini remote controlled project done for DARPA by Aerovironment. This NAV – Nano Aerial Vehicle – is to mimick a hummingbird. Cool


Ultimately, Darpa program manager Todd Hylton says in a statement, he
RC:The Army’s Remote-Controlled Beetle
1It might be sound scary but yet interesting. This the army project in building a cyborg beetle by planting electronics to the actual beetle. The beetle can actually be remote controlled to fly, turn left and right. This invention can be used in live saving mission where beetle can carry micro camera and heat sensor. Interesting.

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