Aug 02 2006

First Pics of Lockheed’s Nano Air Vehicle

Posted by Geezer as Gadgets, Robotics, Science

Dubbed the Nano Air Vehicle, or NAV, Lockheed’s latest project for the military is going small. Real small. As in nano-small.

Nano Air Vehicle

As I predicted in my Future of Tech article, major tech innovations come by way of necessity, not luxury. We’re immersed in this long fight with fanaticism, but we’ve got a military that’s geared towards fighting nation states not dynamic terrorist groups. In an obvious move, we’re developing more agile weapons that can target the bad guys with surgical precision without harming innocent nation states. Too bad Israel doesn’t have weapons like this right now.

The prototype images of Lockheed’s Nano Air Vehicle show that it is designed after the maple tree seed.

Lockheed Nano Air Vehicle

Lockheed NAV

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Mr Butterscotch
03|Aug|2006

So do we know the applications of this ‘craft’? Is it going to be combat based with tiny payloads to blow up model towns? I’m guessing not… so strictly recon based then?
Quimby
03|Aug|2006

good question. i suppose that they will mainly be used to collect intelligence and guide missiles.

who knows though. maybe they could inject some lethal substance into a person.
chrispy
26|Sep|2008

most probably laser tracking for missilesand infrared for attack apps ie blackhawk down

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