Chinese Scientists Set New Record with Advanced Bird-Like Drone.

[The Droning Company]

Chinese Scientists Set New Record with Advanced Bird-Like Drone

 

[mavic3usa]

Even though that is Chinese propaganda, it is something we should be developing and inventing right here in the US but I guess we've been "distracted" and basically paralyzed for the past few years (decade+). China continues to steal US tech and improve on it and then they invent the rest to fill in the holes so that's where we are....I should go back and find that thread where someone mentioned the US is more than smart enough and capable enough to lead the world in technology. I think I may have replied "capable" is not a strategy.

 

[Cafguy]

 

[RangerEd]

Even though that is Chinese propaganda, it is something we should be developing and inventing right here in the US but I guess we've been "distracted" and basically paralyzed for the past few years (decade+). China continues to steal US tech and improve on it and then they invent the rest to fill in the holes so that's where we are....I should go back and find that thread where someone mentioned the US is more than smart enough and capable enough to lead the world in technology. I think I may have replied "capable" is not a strategy.

There used to be a company out of Texas that developed a life size Eagle drone in 2006; they had a working prototype and need production development to productize the drone. The company I worked for at that time had a working agreement to market it to the Navy as part of their force protection when ships transit in and out of harbors/ports. The Navy was lukewarm to the idea so my company decided to drop the project. Never heard from the other company again since they got bought out by another company who was more interesting in their other technology which was a tethered balloon for surveillance at the southern border.