Not one of ours, thankfully. From the article:
"Holloway said the aircraft that crossed into the U.S. air space is a mini orbiter unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Aeronautics Defense System.
It is designed for use in military and homeland security missions, and is capable of conducting over-the-hill reconnaissance missions, low-intensity conflict and urban warfare operations, and any other related close range mission."
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If it landed in my yard, It's a goner, added to my fleet!
If it uses GPS tracker I can fix that.. hope they don't try to claim it.
The article states it ws returned to the Government of Mexico almost immediately.
VLOS enforcement equipment does take some getting used to.
I wonder why the FAA is keen for people to be trained and licenced.
From data i collected from the media, it was 2300 feet from the border. Thanks google maps.
Earl
That looks like a nice little sUAV. From thier brochuor max take off wt. 7 Kg. Looks like it has a small parachute and belly airbag for recovery. It may not have crashed. It could have gone into auto recovery mode due to data link or what ever. What's interesting is that the NTSB was involved and the military. Probably the Mexican officials called them
and basicaly said "sorry, can we have our plane back please"
brochure here