New U.S. Drone: Small, Silent Spy

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Unmanned systems 2014 – A new, small unmanned aircraft system that can be rapidly reconfigured in the field for a variety of missions has been introduced by Lockheed Martin.

The system is called Vector Hawk. Its gross weight is just four pounds, while its vertical profile is only four inches. It comes in a number of variants, including fixed-wing and vertical takeoff and landing. Fixed-wing variants can be launched by hand or from a tube.

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The system is waterproof that provides leading edge multi-mission capabilities in all environments, says the u.s company.

Vector Hawk is capable of fully autonomous flight and is inaudible at operational slant ranges. Its data link features a high bandwidth software-defined radio, mesh networking and over-the-air reconfiguration.