US Military pocket size drones

[CarlStarke]

US soldiers will soon be armed with these game-changing drones that fit in the palm of your hand

 

[Former Member]

US soldiers will soon be armed with these game-changing drones that fit in the palm of your hand

I can just hear it now from the battle front:

CATF CATF my compass wont calibrate...

 

[old man mavic]

great how long before they are available on amazon dont have to worry about VLOS with these

 

[Former Member]

great how long before they are available on amazon dont have to worry about VLOS with these

Im sure that China already has the schematic. We should see the Chinese knockoff version on the market pretty soon.

 

[Speedmeister]

I wonder if they have to be part 107 certified when training on US soil.

 

[Florida Drone Supply]

Im sure that China already has the schematic. We should see the Chinese knockoff version on the market pretty soon.

Exactly...

 

[JDawg]

Im sure that China already has the schematic. We should see the Chinese knockoff version on the market pretty soon.

FLIR is probably buying them from DJI

 

[sar104]

FLIR is probably buying them from DJI

That's quite possible - FLIR and DJI have a pretty close relationship.

 

[JDawg]

I wonder what city this is, sad. Maybe Mosul?

 

[AMann]

That's quite possible - FLIR and DJI have a pretty close relationship.

You think so? US Army deploying rebranded DJI drones for recon missions against possibly their very own makers or others of their maker’s interest? That would be interesting; the watchers watching the watchers...

I think there are plenty of domestic and more secure makers that could do it - Boeing, AeroVironment, General Dynamics, Lockheed, etc.

 

[sar104]

You think so? US Army deploying rebranded DJI drones for recon missions against possibly their very own makers or others of their maker’s interest? That would be interesting; the watchers watching the watchers...

I think there are plenty of domestic and more secure makers that could do it - Boeing, AeroVironment, General Dynamics, Lockheed, etc.

It likely wouldn't be DJI firmware - just hardware.

 

[AMann]

It likely wouldn't be DJI firmware - just hardware.

Basic motors and body, but I would hope all the electronics are domestic. Too easy to put nefarious back doors into processors and other chips.

 

[frank candor]

US soldiers will soon be armed with these game-changing drones that fit in the palm of your hand

i remember seeing this 3 ? years a go?? 25,000.00 $$$$$a(NORWEGIAN BUILD ,....) Pop , Wow Talk about mark up,.. for a defenses ContraKKKtor ,.. i feel so safe NOW.

 

[Former Member]

It just dawned on me that this is a recon drone, and not an assault drone. I wonder when the military will implement smaller scale quadcopters as attack weapons? We all know about the Predator, but that is fixed wing, and so passé. Also, who needs an AH-64 when you could have an armed-to-the-teeth octacopter with no risk to the pilot?

It's so random how the press and the government are so worried about terrorist attacks by our little hobby quadcopter drones, but our own military doesnt even have or use any.

 

[JDawg]

i remember seeing this 3 ? years a go?? 25,000.00 $$$$$a(NORWEGIAN BUILD ,....) Pop , Wow Talk about mark up,.. for a defenses ContraKKKtor ,.. i feel so safe NOW.

Hey frank how ya doing? I saw these on NCIS LA recently so the word was out, and they paid less.

 

[JDawg]

It just dawned on me that this is a recon drone, and not an assault drone. I wonder when the military will implement smaller scale quadcopters as attack weapons? We all know about the Predator, but that is fixed wing, and so passé. Also, who needs an AH-64 when you could have an armed-to-the-teeth octacopter with no risk to the pilot?

It's so random how the press and the government are so worried about terrorist attacks by our little hobby quadcopter drones, but our own military doesnt even have or use any.

Slaughterbots!
'Slaughterbots' film shows potential horrors of killer drones

 

[sar104]

It just dawned on me that this is a recon drone, and not an assault drone. I wonder when the military will implement smaller scale quadcopters as attack weapons? We all know about the Predator, but that is fixed wing, and so passé. Also, who needs an AH-64 when you could have an armed-to-the-teeth octacopter with no risk to the pilot?

It's so random how the press and the government are so worried about terrorist attacks by our little hobby quadcopter drones, but our own military doesnt even have or use any.

Are you sure that you are aware of what the military is using, especially for covert work? For regular military operations, small UAVs are rather limited in weapons payload, and not particularly useful when there are other, better options. Surveillance is the obvious role but is going to be fairly intensive in terms of development.

 

[Former Member]

Slaughterbots!
'Slaughterbots' film shows potential horrors of killer drones

I need to get out more... how could I have missed that one???

 

[Former Member]

Are you sure that you are aware of what the military is using, especially for covert work? For regular military operations, small UAVs are rather limited in weapons payload, and not particularly useful when there are other, better options. Surveillance is the obvious role but is going to be fairly intensive in terms of development.

Nope, Im not familiar... All I ever see is Predator this, and Predator that. I dont know if anyone (maybe you do?) knows what covert ops are using except for the ops teams, but if they told us, they would probably have to kill us.

Our enemies seem to be using them against us in other countries, and weaponizing smaller drones on suicide missions, but nothing about what our forces are using against our enemies.

 

[Former Member]

Are you sure that you are aware of what the military is using, especially for covert work? For regular military operations, small UAVs are rather limited in weapons payload, and not particularly useful when there are other, better options. Surveillance is the obvious role but is going to be fairly intensive in terms of development.

Ah you opened my eyes to one more thing. One of the most terrorizing weapons that the Japanese used in the Pacific in WW2 was the Kamikaze. Fearless, determined, accurate, and terrifying to those on the receiving end. The Germans used the V1 and V2. Americans used carpet bombing.

Surely there must be a way, maybe there is one that I dont know of, that can use smaller scale drones to take out targets, without the cost of an AGM-65 or Tomahawk.