A research team at the Delft University in The Netherlands just launched: the so called the Delfly. a Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) that looks like a dragonfly and is also comparable in size. It is equipped with a camera that streams back video to a base station.
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, October 9, 2007 No agency admits to having deployed insect-size spy drones. But a number of U.S. government and private entities acknowledge they are trying. clipped from www.cia.gov Central Intelligence Agency
Dragonfly Developed by CIA’s Office of Research and Development in the The flight tests were impressive. clipped from www.delfly.nl DelFly Micro clipped from nl.youtube.com clipped from nl.youtube.com |
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