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Pentagon's Tiny New Spy Drone Mimics Hummingbird

By Sharon WeinbergerFeb 18th 2011 – 12:06PM
AP

AP

Like a real hummingbird, the Pentagon's newest spy drone can fly up and down, side to side, and forward and backward. In fact, in a new video released this week by the company that produces it, the tiny drone looks and flies a lot like a real hummingbird as it buzzes over an operator outside. Meet the military's newest...

Bird-Like Microdrones Poised to Swoop Into Battle

By Sharon WeinbergerJun 21st 2010 – 1:12PM
Aurora Flight Systems

Aurora Flight Systems

TAMPA, Fla. (June 21) -- When the jet-black Maveric flies over Florida skies, the local turkey vultures fly after it. That's because Maveric, one of a new generation of microdrones, has a profile remarkably similar to that of a bird in flight. Most people associate drones with the large unmanned aircraft carrying out...

Photo Captures Mystery Drone Operating Over Afghanistan

By Sharon WeinbergerDec 1st 2009 – 2:12PM

Courtesy of Lockheed Martin The mystery plane spotted in Kandahar appears similar to this Lockheed Martin Polecat, an unmanned aerial vehicle revealed in 2006. A French journalist's picture of the mystery jet appeared on this French language site. For months, aerospace writers have been hot on the trail of a secret...

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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot onboard.

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