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Britain's latest weapon: A palm-sized drone
Sunday February 03, 2013 07:18:03 PM,
IANS
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London: Britain has
launched a tiny, palm-sized remote-controlled aircraft with three
cameras as its latest weapon in the fight against the Taliban.
Codenamed "Black Hornet", the drone fits easily into the palm and
looks like a toy helicopter, the Daily Mail reported.
The eight-inch-long plastic moulded drone has three cameras hidden
inside its nose and weighs 15 grams.
It has a smooth grey body and twin black rotors, and stays
airborne thanks to a small rechargeable battery.
It can either be piloted directly or programmed to fly to a given
set of co-ordinates using GPS, and then return to base after
spying on enemy positions, the daily said.
On most operations, the Black Hornet is controlled by a soldier
using a computer game-style joystick.
The whole package, the helicopter, monitor and stick, fit into a
pocket-sized case.
The Black Hornet - properly called a Proxdynamics PD-100 Personal
Reconnaissance System - is a joint British-Norwegian venture and
was passed fit for service in Afghanistan after extensive field
trials in Cyprus last year.
Major Adam Foden of the Brigade Reconnaissance Force explained how
they used Black Hornet with great success on recent missions into
Taliban territory.
"The pictures it delivers back to the monitor are really clear.
And Black Hornet is so small and quiet that the locals can't see
or hear it," he said.
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