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  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson September 19, 2011 at 10:19am

    Firefly: interesting, but I still think it looks more like a modified Desert Hawk

  • Firefly September 19, 2011 at 10:01am

    Take a look at this one: http://www.theissaviation.com/NIRV.html

     

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  • Exmaps September 3, 2011 at 12:31am

    http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/11369.htm Looks like a modified version of this

  • Paul Marsh September 2, 2011 at 4:23am

    "Fully Mission Capable."  Hmm?  Apparently it wasn't!  :)

    Good find, though, S.G.

  • S.G. Sutter August 31, 2011 at 7:36pm

    Google search of "FMC military acronym" turns up:

     

    FMC = Fully Mission Capable.

  • Brent August 31, 2011 at 4:54pm

    New video and pic @ SUAS

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    http://www.kalam.tv/ur/video/87696/index.html

     

     

     

     

  • Paul Marsh August 31, 2011 at 10:39am

    This is just great--from now on I will look at circling hawks with suspicion, especially the fat ones.

  • Paul Marsh August 31, 2011 at 9:51am

    The bird UAV and the Deserk Hawk have the same protrusion under the chin.  It is looking very much like a highly modified Desert Hawk.

  • Swarm Master August 31, 2011 at 9:19am

    I agree the Desert Hawk is similar looking, except that the wings are wrong, the tail and rudder are wrong, and oh the Desert Hawk is about a 1/3 the size of the one in the photo above.

  • S.G. Sutter August 30, 2011 at 9:00am

    I think Jason has nailed the original airframe that was used for this vehicle.  Comparing the original to the remains in the images above, it looks like the central fuselage was kept, but a new wing and tail were added as well as some cosmetic bodywork to make it look more like a bird.

     

    This approach of biomimicry reminds me of the mechanical dragonfly and robotic catfish (named "Charlie") the CIA developed during the Cold War.  They were both designed by the folks in the DS&T, IIRC.

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