Gonzo Gadgets » spy http://www.gonzogadgets.com gadget tech news and reviews Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:24:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 One Pound Unmanned Aircraft Perches Like a Bird http://www.gonzogadgets.com/unmanned-aircraft-perches-like-bird http://www.gonzogadgets.com/unmanned-aircraft-perches-like-bird#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:28:54 +0000 BrettC http://www.gonzogadgets.com/?p=806 The US army's gadget fans just gave the go-ahead to produce a 1 pound reconnaissance aircraft that can perch like a bird and perform additional tracking and targeting duties.]]>

The US army must have some serious gadget fans on staff, as evidenced by the news that they just greenlit for production of a 1 pound reconnaissance aircraft that will -they  hope – soon be able to not only follow targets, but perch like a bird and perform additional tracking and targeting duties.

The Persistent, Perch and Stare Air Vehicle System (SP2S) is being built upon AeroVironment’s Wasp platform. A similar UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) kicked off the movie Eagle Eye, and was featured in our article <>Top 10 Movie Gadgets of 2008.

What price tag can you put on fun? Apparently $10 million Washingtons.

If tests pan out the program will be refined and expanded. Why do spies get all the cool toys?

Read the full Wasp SP2S Summary.

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