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Science & Technology
Odd UAV
2006-09-26
The ability of U.S. ground troops to safely navigate the gauntlet of the urban battlefield has been greatly enhanced through the development of the VeraTech Aero "Phantom Sentinel" line of Virtually Invisible VTOL UAV Surveillance platforms.

The Phantom Series single blade rotorcraft has the ability to deliver close up, real time video intelligence within 75 feet of nearly any event and remain virtually undetectable to the human eye.

Based on the concept of persistence of vision, the Phantom's single rotor blade has a center of rotation outside of the UAVs' physical fuselage. As the aircraft spins, it disappears from vision. The Phantom has a uniquely minimal cross section allowing it to "slice" through even the most adverse weather conditions that would keep conventional UAV systems on the ground.

The rotational inertia generated in flight allows the UAV to self level and maintain a very high degree of stability, even while hovering. Phantom is scalable from two to ten feet in length to accommodate a wide variety of flight times and payloads. The compact size and light weight make it easy to fold, field pack, and hand launch.
Posted by:Anonymoose

#4  Here's a picture of the UAV in action:
Posted by: DMFD   2006-09-26 22:48  

#3  Shit, that's cool.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-09-26 17:34  

#2  Regardless of the platform, persistant surveilance and data entry of key terrain is vital. Events matrixing and archiving, going back 2, 5, 15, even 30 days enables regional traffic patterns to be monitored and tracked from the date of the event backwards to their origins. "Real time" is excellent for troops "in contact" or for kinetic effects reporting but it can be too little too late for other occurrences.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-09-26 16:49  

#1  I have to admit, that is pretty damn cool.
Posted by: Penguin   2006-09-26 16:30  

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